I just want to add this . What is your point Mr. Mark Cohen are you a CCIE
and if not then why dont you work on it to replace this guy you seem to have
it in for .. Geezzz Give it a break . I didnt sign up for the Cisco NDA List
Hey everyone who wants to sign up for the Cisco NDA mailing list eaqh week
we single out 1 person who broke the NDA and scrutinize him for what he
doesnt know ..
Geeez lets get back to IOS
my 2 cents
jim K
(More Certs then mark !)
Mark no pun intended
>From: "Mark Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Mark Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Raul F. Fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Possible phony CCIE
>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:35:36 -0400
>
>Raul-
>
> I brought down the local checkpoint firewall by pinging an large number of
>hosts simultaneously. I asked him (the bogus ccie) why he thought that
>would
>bring down the firewall? His reply? "The fact that I pinged more than 50
>hosts rapid fire caused the NT and Solaris servers on the LAN to start
>flooding the wire with excessive SMB traffic, and since the firewall saw
>that much SMB traffic it thought I was an intruder and shut down the
>interface I was attached to." Real reason: The old Firewall one software
>had
>a bug that misallocated memory for packet queues on internal interfaces. My
>excessive pinging caused the queue to overflow and the software itself
>crashed. An update fixed the problem. At least that was what the data
>center
>manager told me.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>Raul F. Fernandez
>Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 9:57 AM
>To: Tim O'Brien; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cisco
>Subject: Re: Possible phony CCIE
>
>
>Dear folks,
>
>I have to agree with Tim on this one. It may have been possible that the
>person at this site just did not pay enough attention to the question posed
>or that he may not known the answer. I do not know thew nature of the
>question. Perhaps Mark could be kind enough to let us know what the
>question was or were. Now depending on the nature and difficulty of the
>question it may justify his not being able to answer it. If he is lying he
>should be disciplined because he lied and because he has taken for granted
>all the blood sweat and tears that goes into getting a CCIE. I think too
>many folks get caught up in the CCIE and forget all the real hard work that
>goes into it. Basically, if he does not know the answer to a perplexing
>question he should at least be able to outline a troubleshooting plan to
>find it.
>
>Raul
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Cisco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Monday, October 23, 2000 8:51 AM
>Subject: Re: Possible phony CCIE
>
>
> >Just because a guy can config a router it does not make him a god. Lets
>face
> >it guys, there is nobody out there that knows everything about
>everything,
> >and if there is someone that thinks they do, I guarantee there is someone
> >else out there that knows more than they do. Obviously if this guy is
>lying
> >about his CCIE he should be exposed, and after reported it is up to Cisco
>to
> >deal with as they see fit.
> >
> >.02
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sam LI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Mark Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 6:41 AM
> >Subject: Re: Possible phony CCIE
> >
> >
> >Well, even some real one behave like this, i come across a few in the the
> >past
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Mark Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 3:55 PM
> >Subject: Possible phony CCIE
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >>
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