He is phony because he BSed about SMB traffic being caused by pings. We've
all run into these balloon types. They are annoying. I'm glad he got caught.
Priscilla
At 12:54 PM 10/23/00, Nnanna Obuba wrote:
>Because he does not know about a bug in checkpoint he
>is a phony CCIE? In case you jave forgotten, CCIE
>means
>certified CISCO Internetwork Expert... give the guy a
>break
>
>Nnanna
>
>--- Mark Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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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