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> Security by obscurity is not worth the price you pay for it.

That's why I was posting this. Many people think that because of the Kerckhoff principle you should always disclose everything. But obscurity is not always a bad thing and it can be part of the obfuscation here. Although here it was indeed a good thing since admins are gonna up the cost of their kdf following advice from the community.



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