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Dailydave: Re: Immunity Certified Network Offense Professional

Re: Immunity Certified Network Offense Professional

From: Thomas Ptacek <tqbf_at_matasano.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:14:58 -0500

> I would generally agree that anyone selling themselves as a pen-tester should
> be able to pass this -- but not at the exclusion of also being able to identify
> poor use of crypto, architectural failures or web application
> vulnerabilities. Maybe
> the dispute here is in understanding what the purpose of this certification is.

No, see, I'm saying something different --- I'm saying that people who
sell themselves as pen-testers DO NOT need the skills this test looks
for. Ability to FIND overflows is more valuable than the ability to
EXPLOIT them.

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