Also, the word engineer refers to a profession that has many many years of history and a category of professionals already very well organized.
The word Network should and must be used. There's a difference in knowing how to install a BSD on a Desktop and using it on a Networked environment. Network Basics must be covered on this certification. Suppose I have a professional that knows how to setup the network card, and even having it all setup the idiot don't know anything about network masks and can't find the reason why nobody on the network sees the machine or something like that? So, in your conception (actually, that's not true, "in your explanation" is better) the guy should know how to setup the card, but should not know to diagnose why it's not working? This sound dumb for me.
Anyone can type "man ifconfig" and setup a card, but can anyone read a tcpdump dump file and understand why are the packets being dropped and how to fix it? I think certification is for the guy who knows, not the how-to and man pages ordinary reader.
On 9/12/05, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ref naming. I just looked at page 108 of
http://www.bsdcertification.org/downloads/sr1_links.pdf
1) Get rid of anything that has certification in the name. That is implicit
and doesn't need restating.
2) Get rid of Network. This cert isn't about switches, routers etc. People
are already confused about correct terminology.
If you are only going to do Two exams, then:-
Junior level either:-
BSD System Administrator
BSD Server Administrator
Senior level either:-
BSD System Engineer
BSD Server Engineer
But you should also have a third:-
BSD Workstation (or desktop) Engineer - I only add this as it takes some extra
specialization to configure and SUPPORT xwindows and workstations.
There are now Three BSD desktop solutions, and people want a
workstation/desktop solution.
You could also add thin-client to this although it is a server but with many
clients but as it's strongly X-windows, it would add depth to this subject.
If you added this one, then drop the system administrator/engineer and use
server administrator/engineer.
You could deal with X-windows superficially in the server courses, and
massively in depth in the workstation/desktop level with emphasis or other
xwindows solutions.
You could even expand it to a fourth:-
BSD Software Developer - for people that actually write code, although this
would be hard to do.
So basically:-
1) BSA - BSD Server Administrator - Administration of already installed
and configured Server
2) BSE - BSD Server Engineer - Designs, Installs and configures servers
with heavy emphasis on security and Intruder systems, backup configuration
etc.
3) BWE or BDE - BSD Workstation/Desktop Engineer - In depth X-windows
and user support, updates, thin-client and other X-windows issues.
4) BSD Developer
Regards...Martin
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