At 12:48 AM 8/12/00 +0200, Mikael Olsson wrote:
>Nothing against him at all, really. But the again the much-debated
>question arises: "What the hell are those certs worth anyhow??"
Certifications are worth the following: You have the ability to grok the
material presented and are able to answers questions correctly on some exam
topic you are presented. It does not however certify one to be a good
sysadmin or a good security type person.. I still consider myself a novice
at what I am doing. Because there is so much to absorb and remember
etc,etc. Just learning the ins and outs of one particular IDS application
could take many manhours with in a given manmonth.
I remember when I was presented with a system and someone drew something on
the whiteboard and said make it do this and that, and have it send some
sort of notification when it does this or that. Oh yeah, we wanted it
yesterday.. It has been like that ever since. :)
Hands-on experience plus being able to afford a custom Harley also helps :)
/m
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