Georgi Guninski Retires
Georgi Guninski sent an email to Full Disclosure today, claiming that he will be retiring from the public security scene.
Pre-meditating the question of why, he writes, “if one needs to ask for a reason: got old, got somewhat tired.”
Georgi has made excellent contributions to the security community for some time now. He has released loads of exploits and his work is quoted in dozens of hacking and security books.
The email ended giving advice to future hackers… something in his final words got me thinking:
“*) fame is worthless.” he wrote.
We all know how many hours we sit in front of our computers, coding, researching and studying. It is a passion and a love. Georgi’s and many others research, have helped secure systems across the globe. How have these men been honoured for their work? I don’t see a noble prize of 10 years of security contributions, and I truly believe there should be one.
A Nobel Prize for Security work? Puh-lease. Why should we reward people for fixing crap that should have been written correctly in the first place? What next - a Nobel prize for picking up street litter?
I love Georgi, he’s a briliiant guy, but there are so many more worthy things that a Nobel could be setup for.
While one still has to wonder whether a nobel prize would be accurate for this purpose - I think informaticians tend to forget about the rest of the world - I agree that this is really hard work, considering the nauseating code one has to review all the time. (It is not a nice job to look at nauseating code)
Good work though, Gregori.
Bless, he deserves the rest.
Lets face it, our industry has changed drastically in the past 5 years, now its full of cu**s who just don’t get it and have the lack of experience to show for it.
I call it the hacking exposed phenomenon: a thick book doesn’t mean you gain instant knowledge.
Now who’s next?