Re: Weird question (off topic one)

["Kurt Seifried" <listuser () seifried org>]

Well for one thing anyone calling themselves a security expert probably isn't. Everyone I've ever dealt with that is 
legitimate (for lack of a better word) calls themselves a security professional. We're not "experts", we may be almost 
an expert in a small area, but infosec as a whole is just to huge to be an "expert" for all of it. Personally I go on 
professional reputation (i.e. someone I trust said that they are a security professional and can be trusted), and on 
available code/documentation/presentations (one great reason to do conferences, you can get your name out in a specific 
subject field) and so on. Unfortunately this severely cripples the reputation of all the "internal" information 
security people who work in the bowels of a large firm who's work is never made public, but usually if you chat with 
them for more then a few minutes you can figure out where they are in the food chain so to speak. But in the case of 
someone who claims to be a Debian developer you should be able to track down their work easily, if you can't... that's 
odd. A related google link:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=social+capital+%2Bnascar&btnG=Search

-Kurt

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: El Nahual 
  To: dailydave () lists immunitysec com 
  Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:53 AM
  Subject: [Dailydave] Weird question (off topic one)


  Anyone here knows or has worked with Alfonso Orozco Aguilar? (aka darakann) apparently he has coded some stuff for 
debian's kernel? Can anyone confirm this? Apparently the dude is a security expert (or so he says), but I cant find any 
code or posts or anything on the security level.

   

  Dude is kinda funny because I only find hits on shamanism but nothing on security (although in a page he says he is a 
security expert and blah blah) and I wonder about this person since well it pertains an interesting question:

   

  Who in the fuck can classify you as a security expert? And more interesting who is one?? At least for me I know there 
are zillion better ppl than me I just try to do my job and do it gladly and learn everyday a little more, Im going to 
try to be more talkative here (and I will not take my pain kill and erase my outlook)

   

  //Nahual