[syslinux] PXE and Security Issues

[H. Peter Anvin]

Larry Howe wrote:
> I know this isn't the "philosophy of security" mailing list, but here's my 2 
> cents. ALL security is through obscurity. On average, it would take a fast 
> computer longer than the age of the universe to guess a 2048-bit key. 
> However, it is not impossible that you could guess the right key on the first 
> try. Same goes for all passwords, keys, filenames, etc....anything that 
> someone might need to get into a system...it's secure because it's obscure, 
> and ONLY because it's obscure!

That's a shared secret, which is different than "security through
obscurity."

	-hpa