> > Actually! I don't! I don't understand that at all.
>
> Probably you've never seen any programming language at all. Tenchi will
> understand both (and be able to say both are useless) even if only
> knowing Visual Basic.

Nup, not really!

> > Then don't let anyone get the source code!
>
> If nobody gets the source code, you can give out the language specs and
> receive licensing fees.

Accept that NERV is not interested in making money! They are interested in
doing everything to keep the public unaware of the real story.

> > > Therefore C is not C because there are different standards about it:
> > > K&R, ANSI C, ANSI C99.
> >
> > Well C is C. But something other then C is not C
>
> K&R C is not ANSI C99.

...... Yeah? So in other words, C is C but something other then C is not
C! Like I said! This actually isn't a programming thing it applies to
everyday life as well. Same as saying an apple isn't an orange even though
they are both fruit. In this case you just have to imagine that oranges
evolved from apples.

> > > Security by obscurity is no security concept at all. They aren't
that
> > > stupid.
> >
> > It is one concept. It is also a good concept! Sometimes necessary. I
don't
> > know where you learnt otherwise but go beat the crap out of them.
>
> At least in cryptography it's really true.
>
> - If you have a simple, crackable algorithm and do not tell anyone about
>   it, probably someone might be able to guess the algorithm.
> - If you have a complicated, uncrackable algorithm, giving it out does
>   not do any harm to your security.

But keeping it secret helps!

> Especially one must never rely on nobody knowing the algorithm, and
> exactly this is security by obscurity.

Which is more of an option available to NERV, rather then an exclusive
plan.

> But now think about someone finding a bug in your program. If the source
> is available, most probably they will send you a patch for it and then
> publish the bug with the patch. So anyone (especially the script
> kiddies) know the bug, but every admin can patch his version of the
> program to remove the security hole. If the source is unavailable, the
> bug will be published anyway - but without a patch. The time when script
> kiddies can exploit it will be longer.
>
> I just found
>
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/security/library/s-obs.html?dwzone=s
ecurity
> - maybe that interests you.

I think we are getting a little far a field here. I would love to read
that article but I have to go shortly.

> > They had time!
>
> They could not know when the first Angel attacks.
>
> At least that's how episode 01 sounds.

They still had to build the Eva's and the MAGI for that matter. Regardless
of what they knew, things were gonna take some time!
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