Absolutely..Whats the point of us sweating our balls off doing this when someone can just claim to be one and get it away with it.If you need some contacts at cisco i'll be happy to put you in touch with some. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Lovegrove [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 October 2000 09:17 > To: Mark Cohen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Possible phony CCIE > > I think you should contact your local Cisco representative and press > this matter forward urgently. Such con artists do enormous damage to > the credibility of genuine CCIEs, not to mention the damage they could > do to a client's network. > > Don't hestitate - shout loudly! > > > --- Mark Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings- > > > > > > I recently worked on a project with a fellow who claimed to be a > > CCIE. He > > even gave me his card with the CCIE logo on it. At least I think it > > is the > > CCIE logo. It is a router symbol surrounded with laurels and has the > > words > > Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer circling it as well. After > > asking this > > person a few questions, I became suspicious of his credentials due to > > his > > apparent lack of knowledge of the fundamentals. (I never asked for > > his CCIE > > number because I attempted verification only after I left the > > account). I > > faxed a copy of the business card he gave me (homemade BTW) to > > someone in > > the CCIE program at Cisco. She told me the card is bogus and that > > she would > > send the card to the Cisco lawyers. That was three months ago and > > this > > person is STILL working on site there. What do you people think I > > should do > > now? Send e-mail to the persons that are contracting him there? He is > > charging a very high bill rate. The people he is working don't have > > enough > > knowledge to confirm his credentials. Should I let this go? Isn't > > part of my > > cert agreement with Cisco to protect the logo? I feel that Cisco > > isn't doing > > anything to protect us here. > > > > Mark Cohen > > CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I > > > ===== > Ben Lovegrove, CCNP (+ Security) > Redspan Solutions Ltd > http://www.redspan.com > http://www.bensbookmarks.com > Cisco: Products, Training, Jobs, Study Guides, Resources. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > _________________________________ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
