Re: How to become a Computer Security Professional ?

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On November 19, 2007 3:34:23 AM +0000 worried security 
<worriedsecurity () googlemail 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 () utdallas edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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