please refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokes
and possibly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT8uiT_rZ5k please feel free to laugh, snicker or otherwise enjoy yourself. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Simon Valiquette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP un jour écrivit: > > Who's Linus? > > > > Are you seriously asking that, or just trying to start a "flamefest" (in > which case, looking like clueless is a good attempt). > > Unless you are very Junior in the computer field (and even then), you > should have heard of Linus Benedict Torvalds. It should be very basic > general knowledge for someone in the computer security field, like knowing > who is Dr. Bernstein, Bjarne Stroustrup, Denis Ritchies, Dijkstra and many > others. They are not necessarily directly related to computer security, > but their contributions all have significant impact in today security > field. > > Instead of telling you who is Linus, I'll tell you a well garded secret: > most famous people are described in Wikipedia. And even if they are not, > It is usualy very easy to find something using Google. > > > Well, probably another proof that showing a certification is not the > same than showing expertise in a field. > > > Simon Valiquette > > > >>> > >>> 0. Torvalds Interview with Network World , 08/14/2008 > >>> > >>> > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/081408-torvalds-security-circus.html > >>> > >> Isn't that quite old news? Not only the article doesn't offer > anything > >> new, but It also doesn't give the full picture and offer very little > >> useful information compared to the real discussion. > >> > >> I did read the thread at this time, and there was many interesting > >> ideas. If I happens to see an article that resume well the issues > >> involved, I'll post a link, but I won't spend much time searching, so > >> don't wait after me. > >> > >> > >> By the way, Linus Torvalds is very well known to enjoy starting flames > >> on purpose (he calls that "flamefesting"). This time, the troll was > trown > >> at OpenBSD, but It was too big to be taken seriously by them, so It is > >> mostly the security people that reacted. > >> > >> I prefer the troll he launched last year when he basically said that > >> Gnome is just a waste of time and than both users and developers should > >> just give-up and move on to KDE, which would be a much better and > >> productive use of their time. It was said in 2007 directly on some > major > >> Gnome mailing list, like his previous flames against Gnome. :o) > >> > >> > >> Simon Valiquette > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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