non-programmer security wannabes /(needed) programming skills

[Stranger inMoscow <strangers_web () yahoo com>]

Hi everybody,

I want to get the ideas of you and let this  general
topic to get in the place on the list. 

What do you think, what are the basic programming
knowledge-skills (background,algoritm,languages etc)
needed by someone who wants to be a security
professional?

There is an article at securityfocus talking about the
tcp-ip knowledge requierments. Maybe if there would be
a series of articles talking about main subjects
(OS,programming,protocols,hardware,coffee making etc)
on securityfocus or somewhere they will be very
usefull for newbies.

Thanks alot

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