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Re: Trust validation of programmers


From: tqbf () pobox com
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:21:38 -0500 (CDT)

Not everyone who does security-related development has to have a hacking
background per se - even someone who wants to write (say) exploit tests for

Judging from the quality of the code in most exploits, I'd suggest that a
background in hacking is a handicap that needs to be overcome to write
production quality code.

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Thomas H. Ptacek                           SNI Labs, Network Associates, Inc.
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http://www.pobox.com/~tqbf       "If you're so special, why aren't you dead?"
                                        



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