Like premature optimization (the root of all evil), is there an analogous concept of "premature hardening"? Are cons comparable?
I use "hardening" to refer to measures that increase difficulty or entirely prevent exploitation of an otherwise-exploitable bug.
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Things like ASLR, stack protector & other types of overflow checks, fortify, various ROP prevention measures, etc.
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I was thinking on what may fit in "premature hardening" (as more examples), not aware of corresponding term
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[Overly?] complex access control models, etc. are a related topic but not the one I was talking about.
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