Locksmiths and SA's? (Score 1)

My father is a Locksmith. He is required by law to go through a background check and have an endorsement to own the tools of his trade, much less use them!

Shouldn't these same rules apply to our own profession? While a lot of people learn Linux on their own time and learn all the security issues as with windoze, shouldn't the requirements be the same as those in place for locksmiths?

They are both concerned with security and they both sell/recommend products that have certain defects/security holes in them.

If the "client" decides to go with the cheap lock, neither the locksmith or the company selling it are liable! They got what they paid for!

While I don't think certification is at all a reflection of the persons skill, it does give a place to start and does teach something.

So how can we make MS or Linus or whoever is responible liable for making the tools of security(and their antithesis) without making the security experts atleast have some baseline knowledge?

Owning the tools to hack/unlock without a proper license should be illegal as much as using those tools.

I'm not suggesting that knowledge should be locked up with the key thrown away. The bad guys have the same tools and read the same articles as the good guys in Locksmithing, but just owning the tools should be almost as much of a crime as using them!

Just a thought.