[Full-disclosure] How to become a Computer Security Professional ?

[Paul Schmehl]

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