Re: RE: Full-disclosure Digest, Vol 9, Issue 3

[Joachim Schipper <j.schipper () math uu nl>]

On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 10:10:10PM -0600, Ron DuFresne wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Brian Dessent wrote:
>
> > Robert Kim Wireless Internet Advisor wrote:
> > Don't "security professionals" know how to use email
> > for god's sake?
>
> What makes you think at this day in age, "security professionals" are no
> more pigeon holed in skills then other IT professionals?  limited tools in
> daily use tend to depricate those with skills over a braoder spectrum at
> an earlier point of time, let alone that CISSP is the only real
> qualification for the claim.

While that's true, I still won't take any 'computer-stuff professional'
who can't use a mail client (or, for that matter, install and maintain
his own system, write some trivial scripts, or ...) seriously.

It also helps not to come accross as ignorant when asking questions...
after all, being perceived as stupid doesn't help your chances of
getting an answer. ;-)

                Joachim
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