I agree with Randy. I too was at the SANS Conference in Baltimore taking
the same track. It is well worth attending! Not only do you have excellent
instructors but you get to talk with your peers to see what they're doing.
Regards,
Dennis Keller
Network Security Administrator
DDSP
Phone: 717-770-7766
Cell: 717-979-2716
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham, Randy (RAW) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:29 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: FW: GIAC Courses
>
>
> Forgot to post this to the list when replying to Mark.
>
> Randy Graham
> --
> You're kind of trying to pick between "horible disaster" and
> "attrocious
> disaster" -- Paul D. Robertson (on VNC vs. PPTP)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham, Randy (RAW)
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:27 AM
> To: 'Johnston Mark'
> Subject: RE: GIAC Courses
>
>
> I just returned from the firewalls course last week. It was
> excellent. In
> two weeks I go to security essentials course and can let you
> know about that
> when I return. From reading the course details online, I
> don't expect to
> learn much beyond what I've picked up on my own over the
> years. On the
> other hand, I didn't think to get too much from the firewalls
> course and it
> turned out to be some of the best training I've ever had. On
> a general
> level, there isn't a lot covered in the one course I've had
> that I hadn't
> already picked up from reading "Building Internet Firewalls"
> or this list
> and FW-WIZ. The real benefit comes from the details you get
> that weren't
> necessarily obvious from reading, but which can be pointed
> out in class.
> Overall, I highly recommend the training. I can't speak for the
> certification part yet, as I have yet to get the details of
> my exam. The
> other benefit I found was just getting to meet some of the
> people I knew
> from online (Chris Brenton and Stephen Northcutt, for
> example). Getting to
> talk to these people that have already been through a lot of
> what we newbies
> are dealing with makes ramping up skillwise a lot easier.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnston Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: GIAC Courses
>
>
> Hi all,
> Has anyone completed any of the GIAC courses. I am
> considering doing them to
> obtain certification in the security field, but I want to
> know if its worth
> while. The price is pretty steep and I have to travel to get to the
> destination as well. The first one that I would attend would
> either be the
> "Security Essentials" or Auditing Networks.
> Thanks
> Mark
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