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1. 9dev · 1789509003 · focus · HN ↗

   Am I just too ignorant of Miltech, or is this that in large parts recreating Standard messaging primitives that other protocols and systems have been providing for decades already (so invented elsewhere?)

   1. esseph · 1789509678 · focus · HN ↗

      Every mil company designs unique bespoke things often with some exceptions, and even the "open systems" mostly aren't open by any stretch of the definition.

      Obscurity is part of the allure, not a repulsive factor.

      You don't want a hostile nation suddenly and easily understanding your systems.

      1. graemep · 1789511822 · focus · HN ↗

         Hat sounds like a particularly weak form of security by obscurity

         1. esseph · 1789519832 · focus · HN ↗

            Layers of an onion and all that.

            Often connectors are even proprietary.

            (This is partially to protect systems not from the enemy, but from the troops themselves...)

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