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No, I mean to say that I'm on the boring side of the line. But penetration testing is a job that exists. People are hired to do exactly that under contractual
by forgottenpass 11y ago
No, I mean to say that I'm on the boring side of the line.
But penetration testing is a job that exists. People are hired to do exactly that under contractual terms with the target. (And I don't mean to imply that's the only security job in the more-rewarding/fun category.)
- logfromblammo 11y agoRewriting someone else's code to eliminate the potential buffer overflows is a lot less glamorous and exciting than exploiting a buffer overflow to escalate user privileges, in the same way that watching a mason re-mortar an entire brick wall is less exciting than watching a ninja scale that wall, eliminate the guards in complete silence, steal the MacGuffin, and escape without a trace. But it is steady, decently-paying work that will likely last until the singularity.