[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am starting to see a trend here. I failed it by 2 points =P
When I took the exam, I was very confident that I would pass.
Now I am going to have to prepare for the worst when I take
the "real" CCIE Security exam.
I kind of had the feeling that the questions were too heavy
on stuff I could look up in a man page or IANA, instead of
actual real experience working with the products. I mean,
I have been working with the Wheelgroup products since like
1995. I have touched some very large Kerberos installations.
What was the deal with this test?
>From what I can remember, the only section I did bad on was
the first one, Security Protocols, where I got 40% correct.
OS section and Cisco (both sections) were all 85% Others
were in between 60 and 70%.
This test was not quite as hard as the CCIE Design exam
which I failed by 6 and 8 points, but I would put them in the
same category of unnecesary difficulty and poorly designed
tests. But the lab for CCIE Security is definitely going
to be the coolest :> Maybe the CCIE SP lab will beat it.
Of course, there's always this new Cisco Security specialization:
CCNA -> MCNS -> CSPFA -> CSIDS -> CSVPN (CCNP not required anymore)
An interesting, albeit quick and easy path to certification.
I get the feeling that those exams are cake, however.
If we are just talking sheer numbers of pass/fail on
CCIE written exams, I am talking about:
Exam Pass rate
R/S 42%
WAN 36%
ISP Dial 47%
SNA/IP 25%
Design 16%
Security ??
So, these exams are pretty difficult because Cisco makes them
that way. The Design exam, for sure.
Where do you think Security fits? I am guessing 20%, but
I haven't heard anyone pass yet, so maybe it's much lower
then the Design 16% figure.
I will be interested in finding out how the CCIE SP written
exam will be structured.
-dre
> I received my results yesterday as well. I also missed it by 2 points.
> (grumble grumble) I actually should feel pretty good about it, because I
> took it on a whim. I passed the R/S CCIE Written the prior week and decided
> to "Press my luck" for on the security test without any studying.
> Unfortunately I got the "Whammy". It was well worth the $50, though.
> Others have said that the silver lining here is that we can now really
> focus on the R/S lab. However, as I am starting to work towards security
> as a specialization for my career, I'm not going to be able to pull myself
> away. However, being that there is apparently some security showing up in
> the lab, there is definitely overlap. Does anyone have any idea as to
> whether that will change when the Security lab comes out?
> Matthew C. Sypherd
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