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The Weird and The Wonderful forum is a place to post Coding Horrors, Worst Practices, and the occasional flash of brilliance.

We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

Post your Best, your worst, and your most interesting. But please - no programming questions . This forum is purely for amusement and discussions on code snippets. All actual programming questions will be removed.

 
GeneralRe: Why name things sensibly, when you could also not? Pin
Bernhard Hiller3-Nov-15 1:01
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GeneralRe: Why name things sensibly, when you could also not? Pin
Brisingr Aerowing5-Nov-15 4:54
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GeneralRe: Why name things sensibly, when you could also not? Pin
Gary R. Wheeler7-Dec-15 12:59
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GeneralRe: Why name things sensibly, when you could also not? Pin
zandam23-Dec-15 1:10
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GeneralRe: Why name things sensibly, when you could also not? Pin
BillW3323-Nov-15 11:21
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Sinisa Hajnal23-Nov-15 20:25
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GeneralWho needs security through obscurity? Pin
PIEBALDconsult31-Oct-15 16:45
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GeneralRe: Who needs security through obscurity? Pin
Nicolas Dorier31-Oct-15 19:20
professionalNicolas Dorier31-Oct-15 19:20 
True, it can weed out script kiddies searching for easy exploit to run.
However, for a targeted attack, it does not trick the attacker very long, as there is lots of way to fingerprint the underlying server.

I think a better protection is lying, not hiding. Make them believe you run on Apache while you are using IIS.

GeneralRe: Who needs security through obscurity? Pin
Richard Deeming2-Nov-15 2:30
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Eddy Vluggen2-Nov-15 2:48
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GeneralRe: Who needs security through obscurity? Pin
Richard Deeming2-Nov-15 3:00
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GeneralRe: Who needs security through obscurity? Pin
Eddy Vluggen2-Nov-15 3:27
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GeneralRe: Who needs security through obscurity? Pin
Bernhard Hiller3-Nov-15 1:04
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GeneralDon't know whether it's weird, or wonderful Pin
phil.o13-Oct-15 8:44
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Daniel Pfeffer15-Oct-15 0:27
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phil.o15-Oct-15 0:38
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Daniel Pfeffer15-Oct-15 8:57
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter15-Oct-15 11:53
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Nicolas Dorier31-Oct-15 19:21
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Dan Neely24-Feb-16 5:20
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Nguyen.H.H.Dang21-Aug-16 15:11
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Dennis_E15-Oct-15 2:14
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phil.o15-Oct-15 11:32
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PIEBALDconsult16-Oct-15 8:02
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