>SANS' conferences are well-worth attending.
>The conferences are highly regarded, and attract some first
>class presenters.
I attended the last SANS conference in Monterey and took the firewall track.
While they had some excellent people teaching the classes, the material is
now geared more towards newbie or beginners in the field. The following is a
breakdown of the classes at the last conference.
73 different courses:
4 (5%) were listed as advance
5 (7%) were intermediate/advance
20 (27%) intermediate
all the others are listed as beginner
This means that 60% of the classes offered are now beginner level classes,
though most of the intermediate ones I would consider beginner level with
the material that was taught in my intermediate class. In the Advanced
Perimeter Protection and Defense, In-Depth course the firewall track the
instructor spent over 10 minutes explaining the differences between in and
out of a router. This advance course was also the one that they explained
what firewall rules were and how to order them, which I would think would be
a beginner firewall class.
I tried to change tracks at the conference when I realized the material was
not what I expected I was told there was no possibility that they could do
that, even though there were empty seats in one of the other tracks.
Just my experience with SANS. I did attend one SANS conference a couple of
years back on intrusion detection and thought that it was great, but it now
seems they are now trying to teach more of the basics, geared towards their
certification program, then advance or in-depth knowledge on the subjects.
Jeff Deitz
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