I think his PIX book is very good. I've not found many errors in it but then maybe I've not looked at it in as much depth as you have. If I have a gripe about it it's for one thing. I use it as a desktop reference. Sometimes I'm looking up how to accomplish "X" and find out that before I can do that I need to accomplish A, B and/or C. The instructions will simply say "That process was covered earlier and won't be repeated here. Now to accomplish "X"....." Earlier? Where....EXACTLY? I've spent more time looking for "earlier" sometimes than I do accomplishing the task at hand. "Earlier in this chapter under the blah heading" or "this was covered in the chapter on blah blah" would be helpful. As far as the info in the book goes I've found stuff in there that I can't find at CCO (it may be there but I can't find it) or anywhere other than maybe from tech in a TAC call. Either that or I've had to look for it in a dozen different places and now it's all together in one book. It's the best book I've found on using a PIX. Beats the Cisco Press book on the PIX by a long shot. Don't know about any others he's written.
IMHO. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sam Sneed Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Richard A. Deal Books [7:62027] His PIX firewall book is OK. It does have a lot of errors in it though. Hope his other books have proofreaders. ""Joseph R. Taylor"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi Everyone, > I'm interested in knowing how good Richard A. Deal's books are. > Especially in reference to MCNS. Thank you in advance. > Joseph R. Taylor > MCSE, CCNP Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62036&t=62027 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
