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Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net > On Apr 14, 2015, at 16:13, benjamin barber <starwor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm familiar with what security researchers do, I just dont know how the > certification, is supposed to somehow brand you 'ethical', now if you had a > large insurance and bonding, I suppose i could see how that would make > sense. > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Michael Rasmussen <mich...@jamhome.us> > wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 02:20:00PM -0700, benjamin barber wrote: >>> What in earth is a "certified ethical hacker", I have never heard of this >>> certification /s ;-) >> >> Among other things it's a security researcher that finds vulnerabilities to >> report them to the vendors, not criminals. Or a person/company that does >> penetration testing for clients. >> >> Banks hire the latter to test their defenses. >> >> >> -- >> Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon >> Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity >> My friends are always a pleasant surprise. >> ~ Kim Day >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
