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loving 70-647 test. I failed it again. Last time with a 683 (1 loving question) this time a 666 (2 loving questions). Now I'm just pissed. I'm going to study my rear end off and buttfuck this goddamn exam in a couple of weeks. It's always the same section that gets me. I've never used RDS in production so it's my weakest area. Why isn't there a "I pay Microsoft 6 figures a year for support and access to PFE's so I don't have to know this esoteric bullshit" answer on the test?
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pretend to care posted:If anything I'd do CEH last. Not sure what sort of "industry" you're in, but I know that where I am almost every one of these positions REQUIRES a CISSP/CISM/CISA type cert, and then stuff like CEH or Security+ are nice to have (but really nobody cares if you have the main one). CEH I know nothing about and it doesn't sound like something that carries much weight but I'd be open if it was worthwhile from an information standpoint. *I assumed CISM was also (ISC)2 and I was wrong. Diva Cupcake fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Mar 28, 2013 |
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At least you are getting it the right way. So loving over dealing with paper VCP's... I can't believe some of the poo poo I have heard these past few weeks.
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Mar 28, 2013 18:47
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pretend to care posted:If anything I'd do CEH last. Not sure what sort of "industry" you're in, but I know that where I am almost every one of these positions REQUIRES a CISSP/CISM/CISA type cert, and then stuff like CEH or Security+ are nice to have (but really nobody cares if you have the main one). If he's dealing with 8750, CEH is absolutely relevant as it's required for some areas where CISSP is not.
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Ozu posted:I was given a nudging by my manager to start pursuing a higher level security cert. I've been in a sort of hybrid Sr. Windows SysAdmin/IT Security role for a few years now and with a new CIO re-org coming, it definitely can't hurt. My future goal is to move into a senior ITSec role when/if one becomes available. If you haven't spotted it, we have the beginnings of a pretty good Infosec thread here in SH/SC, too.
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skipdogg posted:loving 70-647 test. I failed it again. Last time with a 683 (1 loving question) this time a 666 (2 loving questions). Now I'm just pissed. I'm going to study my rear end off and buttfuck this goddamn exam in a couple of weeks. It's always the same section that gets me. I've never used RDS in production so it's my weakest area. Sup microsoft test failing buddy. I just failed 70-640 again. I don't know what i'm supposed to do know though. I studied for three weeks nonstop and went into the test and felt like I was going to not only pass but maybe get in the high 800s or 900s. Failed with a 605  Not sure what I can do now to pass, I feel like I should just wait til I move and take a CCNA course or something because obviously I'm not able to pass this test.
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Speaking of 70-640, is there a recommended book or other resource for studying for it?
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Are there any materials out for 70-336 and 70-337, the Lync 2013 certs? I guess I'm asking if anyone has looked at any available materials, rather than whether or not they exist. I'm going to a 20336 Boot Camp sometime soon, but will need to test on both 336 and 337, so the more prep time I can have the better. I have no MS certs at this time, but I have Technet/MSDN access to all the software I need to lab it up, and work is paying for the class and testing. What's the worst that could happen?
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Oddhair posted:What's the worst that could happen? What is the ideal datagram length for a Lync 2013 System Center (r) Conferencing Center VOIP call? A) 521 B) 4095 C) 12 D) gently caress you Microsoft, nobody loving cares enough to remember that. hitachi posted:Speaking of 70-640, is there a recommended book or other resource for studying for it? The Microsoft Press Blue Books are pretty nice. I passed 70-640 about a 8 months ago now using those and the lab exercises it gives you. A combination of reading along, doing the labs, and swearing at it in production got me skilled enough to pass with a ~760. There is a lot of useful poo poo in those books, and a lot of crap you could give two flying fucks about, since nobody I know of use federation, AD RMS, or any network load balancing DHCP server clusters. Methylethylaldehyde fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Mar 28, 2013 |
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Mar 28, 2013 23:32
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XakEp posted:If he's dealing with 8750, CEH is absolutely relevant as it's required for some areas where CISSP is not. What areas? In my time in defense everyone who was doing IT or infosec as a career was getting a CISSP, and the other people who didn't give a gently caress but were just put in a position like IAO/IAM/ISSO were getting S+ because it was a little easier to get. Also, that's just US Fedgov as gently caress. The people stewarding our classified information? Oh we just picked some dummy we couldn't get rid of and made him do it, he's not an IT or infosec or computer science person but WHO CARES! 
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pretend to care posted:What areas? In my time in defense everyone who was doing IT or infosec as a career was getting a CISSP, and the other people who didn't give a gently caress but were just put in a position like IAO/IAM/ISSO were getting S+ because it was a little easier to get. CEH is one of the certs required for any of the 8570 network defense classifications. I don't work in DoD but the cert for better or worse holds value. http://www.giac.org/certifications/dodd-8570
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Ah, gotcha. I didn't do much on the ops side, and everyone I knew was getting a CISSP anyway. I guess perhaps it was perceived as easier than a CEH? Dunno.
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penga86 posted:Sup microsoft test failing buddy. I just failed 70-640 again. I don't know what i'm supposed to do know though. I studied for three weeks nonstop and went into the test and felt like I was going to not only pass but maybe get in the high 800s or 900s. Failed with a 605 Are you having issues with the material or the test format? Test taking skills are almost as important as the technical knowledge with these newer MS tests. They love to try to confuse you. I don't want to call it trickery, but questions like "with the least administrative effort" or the testlets where one line out of a 2 page background blurb changes the answer to the question can be tricky.
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Are there any recommended resources for building a CCNA lab? I've read through a few I found based on a cursory Google search, but they're pretty comprehensive. I'm looking for something that outlines the bare minimum I need to study for the CCNA and isn't too overwhelming. I got the 2600 series router and 2950 switch recommended in the OP and I want to connect them to my PC to use with GNS3, but not sure what I need in the way of cables, WICs, etc.
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Moey posted:Not sure if this has been covered in this thread yet. Anyone care to confirm or deny this?
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Yeah that's correct, MCITP: EA/SA are going away, 640/642/646 will stick around and get you MCSA Server 08.
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Sarcasmatron posted:PMP Update: I've been looking into this and got the go ahead from my boss to go ahead and schedule my boot camp class. Thinking that with my schedule i can't take them until June but I'd like to get a jump start. Should I go ahead and pick up that Head First book if I have little to no experience with PMP? I'm pretty sure I can meet the hour requirements but I've never thought of myself as a "project manager" even though it's pretty much all I do in my day to day job. I just don't manage anyone...
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Chalets the Baka posted:Are there any recommended resources for building a CCNA lab? I've read through a few I found based on a cursory Google search, but they're pretty comprehensive. I'm looking for something that outlines the bare minimum I need to study for the CCNA and isn't too overwhelming. I got the 2600 series router and 2950 switch recommended in the OP and I want to connect them to my PC to use with GNS3, but not sure what I need in the way of cables, WICs, etc. Jeremy Cioara has a nice home lab for ccna 'micronugget' you can find on youtube that will give you a thorough rundown on the basics and how to expand it, but your existing 2600 has two routable Ethernet sockets so you don't need any special wics to sit it between you, gns3 and the Internet and Gns3 can easily be connected via your nic by adding cloud with a bridged or loopback adapter. So with what you have already, assuming you have various IOS images for the gns3 routers, you have all you need. I'll be honest though, whenever I use gns3 I find that I spend a huge amount of time troubleshooting gns3 problems and not cisco ones. If you can afford a few extra pieces of hardware then 3 routers and 3 switches should allow you to build pretty much any lab topology you might come across, maybe one 3550 switch for l3 switching and act as your core switch, the 2950s are fine for the others, and if you can pick up some cheap routers with wic1t serial cards and buy some serial crossover cables you can fiddle around with frame relay. I bought a 3640 for £7 with an nm-4t serial card (you could buy an nm-4as for your 2600 to achieve the same effect), and have a bunch of 1721 routers. Just keep in mind connecting like devices need crossover cables, otherwise straighthrough, and make sure you get enough of both to do things like etherchannel between the switches.
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skipdogg posted:Are you having issues with the material or the test format? Test taking skills are almost as important as the technical knowledge with these newer MS tests. They love to try to confuse you. I don't want to call it trickery, but questions like "with the least administrative effort" or the testlets where one line out of a 2 page background blurb changes the answer to the question can be tricky. Well the first time around my lowest sections were DNS and Certificate Services, but did great on roles and infrastructure. Second time around my lowest were infrastructure and roles (and I felt like I knew roles perfectly). I only used the CBT nuggets and the Sybex book, but I've picked up the Microsoft press book for it and I'll read it and do all the labs from scratch and take it again. Seeing that I can still take the test after July makes me feel a whole lot better about failing. I know I'm still weak on DNS, but I've been using AD since 2005 so I probably am coming into the exam with the mindset that I know everything they can throw at me but I forget that I have to go to technet half the stuff I'm asked to do in my day to day work.
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Ser Pounce posted:whenever I use gns3 I find that I spend a huge amount of time troubleshooting gns3 problems and not cisco ones.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:This is a great way to put it. I've used GNS3 for about 10 hours, and I'd say I've gained 9 hours of GNS3 experience, 1 hour of Cisco. I'm sure this gets better as you go on but it doesn't make me eager to revisit it since I feel like I'm working on irrelevant knowledge. Really? Every time I load it up on machine I just install it, test Dynamips, load the images, and build my topology.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:This is a great way to put it. I've used GNS3 for about 10 hours, and I'd say I've gained 9 hours of GNS3 experience, 1 hour of Cisco. I'm sure this gets better as you go on but it doesn't make me eager to revisit it since I feel like I'm working on irrelevant knowledge. This is why I use GNS workbench and Vmware Player. All free, Pre-setup and no issues.
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smokmnky posted:I've been looking into this and got the go ahead from my boss to go ahead and schedule my boot camp class. Thinking that with my schedule i can't take them until June but I'd like to get a jump start. Should I go ahead and pick up that Head First book if I have little to no experience with PMP? I'm pretty sure I can meet the hour requirements but I've never thought of myself as a "project manager" even though it's pretty much all I do in my day to day job. I just don't manage anyone... Having read both Andy Crowe's book and the Head Start book, if I was going to pick one, I'd pick Crowe's: THe PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try When you say you have your hours, I'm assuming you mean your work experience, not classroom hours. If you need the classroom hours and can afford it, I'd take a look at Velociteach, also run by Andy Crowe: http://www.velociteach.com/live/3-day-pmp-exam-prep/ It's $2500.00, but it's exhaustively covered from all angles. I'm 2 weeks out from the test, and feeling like all I have left to do is memorize some formulas at this point. We'll see if I'm one of the 93% that they say pass the first time: work's been crazy and I don't feel like I've gotten as much study time in as I should.
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Sarcasmatron posted:Having read both Andy Crowe's book and the Head Start book, if I was going to pick one, I'd pick Crowe's: yeah sorry by hours I meant work hours. I'm in the bay area and theres a "boot camp" in the city I've been looking at and work will pay for it: http://projectmanagementacademy.net/san-francisco/pmp-training.php
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Passed the ICND1 with an 862. Something that annoyed me about the Cisco Press stuff is that their "practice exams" were outsourced to Pearson and are both full of errors and a needlessly complex installation and verification process to use. The actual Cisco learning system stuff was fine, as was some of the other third party study material.
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FWIW free CCNA classes http://slickdeals.net/f/5945944-Free-CCNA-course-videos-with-free-account-sign-up-INE-com
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Passed ICND1 tonight. Wanted to thank everyone for the resources and input in this thread, it has been beyond valuable. I used the INE CCNA vids, Lammle book and Cisco learning labs as my study materials. Any opinions on which exam to take next: ICND2 or CCNA:security? Since they changed the reqs, I'm thinking of just taking the CCNAS next, but will I be creating a gap in my knowledge by doing so?
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trotski posted:Passed ICND1 tonight. Wanted to thank everyone for the resources and input in this thread, it has been beyond valuable. How helpful did you find the INE videos?
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trotski posted:Passed ICND1 tonight. Wanted to thank everyone for the resources and input in this thread, it has been beyond valuable. Thank you for this, I took a week long class for the ICND1 back in December, but I just now finally wrestled the test voucher from the people I took the course with, so of course my labsims are all expired, and I don't have access to the lecture vids anymore.
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trotski posted:Passed ICND1 tonight. Wanted to thank everyone for the resources and input in this thread, it has been beyond valuable. Finish the CCNA now before the new, harder version rolls out. CCNA: Security will be pretty easy to get afterward.
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hitachi posted:How helpful did you find the INE videos? I found them to be very good quality for a free resource. Brian McGahan is a good teacher, isn't dry and makes everything make sense. YMMV @Psydude - thanks, exactly what I was looking for!
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I should really go after this CCNA stuff. Pretty much all of the Infosec Security Engineer (as opposed to analyst) positions I see require both experience with basic networks (easy) and a certification. Are the books and stuff in the OP still considered crucial? I saw some talk of this earlier (but didn't pay attention, sorry) but what is required to set up my own lab and what's the approximate cost? pretend to care fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Apr 5, 2013 |
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pretend to care posted:I should really go after this CCNA stuff. Pretty much all of the Infosec Security Engineer (as opposed to analyst) positions I see require both experience with basic networks (easy) and a certification. You'll want a book just to steer you in the right direction, even if you're already deep into networking. You can set up a lab for under $100 if you don't have access to spare equipment at work.
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Cool. Should I start with a book and go cover-to-cover before ever starting up a lab?
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pretend to care posted:Cool. Should I start with a book and go cover-to-cover before ever starting up a lab? I don't know what your level of exposure is to IOS and the likes, but you'll probably want to read the book through chapter 8 (where routing starts) and then set up your lab because he has labs for each chapter and topic that you can follow along with.
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Limited exposure, but I will understand the syntax fairly easily. I know how VLANs and networks and all that good stuff work, I just haven't had a ton of hands-on experience. I think I'll pick up on it rather quickly. thanks for the tips 
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psydude posted:I don't know what your level of exposure is to IOS and the likes, but you'll probably want to read the book through chapter 8 (where routing starts) and then set up your lab because he has labs for each chapter and topic that you can follow along with. Yeah, do all the hands-on labs. There are a few chapters where reading them confused me, but as soon as I fired up GNS3 and actually did it, became really easy.
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What's the process for buying a 2600 series to get an official IOS image for GNS3? Buy off eBay -> Register serial number on Cisco's site -> go to download page and grab it Or, do I need a support contract or how does it work exactly?
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hackedaccount posted:What's the process for buying a 2600 series to get an official IOS image for GNS3? You'll pull the 2600 IOS .bin of the router itself. This doesn't entitle you to newer release downloads unless you have an active support contract.
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routenull0 posted:You'll pull the 2600 IOS .bin of the router itself. This doesn't entitle you to newer release downloads unless you have an active support contract. Alright thanks, I'll sleep on it. Are there any other good simulators out there for CCENT only (not gonna get CCNA or anything above CCENT)?
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