RE: Re: Questions when interviewing new people

[jnf <jnf () datakill org>]

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asking them to think like a hacker is to have them write the exploit (and 
possibly the patch)



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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, David Crocker wrote:

> Eric Murray wrote:
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> > >
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> > Another interesting idea would be to draw up some code on a white board 
> > and ask the candidate to identify the buffer overflow.
>
> _that's_ asking them to think like a hacker.
>
> <<
>
> No, it's asking them to think like a software professional.
>
> David Crocker
> Escher Technologies Ltd.
> www.eschertech.com
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