full-disclosure - Re: How to become a Computer Security Professional ?

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Message-ID: <E16314E03E2B415218356958@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:53:29 -0600
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: How to become a Computer Security
 Professional ?

--On November 19, 2007 3:34:23 AM +0000 worried security 
<worriedsecurity@...glemail.com> wrote:
>
> The forth most important rule to becoming a security professional,
> always use a throw-away e-mail account so it doesn't matter of script
> kids hi-jack your e-mail account with the next cross-site scripting
> vulnerablity that gets posted to the public mailing lists.
>
You forgot the most important rule of all.  Pay no heed to bozos who post 
anonymously and don't even have a job in security.  Their advice is 
usually worth just as much as their reputation.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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