I'm not really sure what you want from them. I don't believe that a person has to have a certain OS back to be considered the better of a hacker, nor use the Key words to sell you that they are the "shit hot" person you are looking for. Find out what there skill sets are, what experience they are bring with them. Do they know programming or do they run "Scripts". What is there understanding of Networking, TCP/IP, protocols, firewalls, etc. I think experience is the best judge of person. What are their abilities. Just my two cents.
Tom Gast Andersen Firm Wide Security To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Date: 03/22/2002 05:13 AM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pen Testing Skills In my understanding people with these skills come from a UNIX background, having worked on projects with VPN's, intrusion detection, administering and implementations. Could anyone tell me that if I was looking for a shit hot penetration tester what sort of background would such a guy have, and what would be the keyskills/ buzzwords that I would have to look for so that I would know I am talking to an ace?? Would appreciate any assistance. *******************Internet Email Confidentiality Footer******************* Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.
