Re: Turning a PC Into a Franken-PIX [7:26539]

2001-11-17 Thread Drew Simonis
Francis Lind wrote: Hello all, I am currently planning on earning my CQS in Security but don't have the money to buy a PIX. I had heard from my CCNP instructor that there are directions out there on turning a PC into one. If anyone has a link or the info I'd greatly appreciate it. Word

Re: Spanning Tree Protocol [7:26538]

2001-11-16 Thread Drew Simonis
Randy Lopez wrote: What Multicast address does STP use? Since spanning tree is a layer 2 protocol, why would it use any multicast address? STP is used between directly connected switches and uses BPDU packets, flooded out all ports for set up. Not multicast.

Re: CCNP exams [7:24062]

2001-10-24 Thread Drew Simonis
Ken W. Alger wrote: A quick question about the CCNP exams... How much of the covered material is IOS specific versus knowledge about protocols etc. I guess the real question is how difficult is it to pass the exams without spending a gob of cash on lab equipment? Its easy to pass the

Re: certificate [7:5200]

2001-05-20 Thread Drew Simonis
Jim Bond wrote: Hello, My client wants to use certificate server to authenticate PCs on the network. Is there a way to do it? I thought certificate has to be used with browser. How do you give PC a certificate? 1. What the hell does this have to do with Cisco, with Cisco

Re: Is it legal to distribute of Juniper Olive (JUNOS) code for [7:5131]

2001-05-19 Thread Drew Simonis
fingers wrote: Hi Sean I'm hoping it is legal, as I've been looking for this software for quite some time. We'll be purchasing a few M40's in the next few months, and I'd like to prepare for the new platform before the time. A quick search of some meial archives on the web shows that

Re: Is it legal to distribute of Juniper Olive (JUNOS) code for [7:5170]

2001-05-19 Thread Drew Simonis
Nnanna Obuba wrote: Could you post this search result for us to see? I see no such warning on there website http://puck.nether.net/lists/juniper-nsp/0463.html The author used an @juniper.net email, so I assume he's in the know. Message Posted at:

Re: Question for EE majors [7:4566]

2001-05-15 Thread Drew Simonis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may be a rudimentary question for all the EE majors out there. Can anyone tell me what the 0x in front of 0x00-80-C2?( Why don't they just use the 00?) 0x indicates hex. IIRC, 00 would indicate Octal. Message Posted at:

Re: what is a good intrusion detection software? [7:4610]

2001-05-15 Thread Drew Simonis
Sean Young wrote: I have a few suggestions for you: 1) get rid of Microsoft windows servers and Sun Solaris; Use only NetBSD and software that are open-source, This is the most ignorant suggestion I have ever seen. How many times will it have to be repeated before it gets through...

Re: FW: security opinions please [7:3666]

2001-05-08 Thread Drew Simonis
Eric Rivard wrote: If Cisco recommends and companies like Microsoft and Excite are implementing it, I don't see how it can be a security risk. It can be, and it is. But, so is just about everything. It is the probability of the risk being exploited

Re: security opinions please [7:3666]

2001-05-08 Thread Drew Simonis
Michael Cohen wrote: How does one go upon penetrating the internal VLAN on a switch while only having access to the external VLAN and not traversing the PIX in the middle? I have heard the response from numerous security engineers that anything is possible however I guess I'm a novice

Re: OT: Certifications worth? [7:3311]

2001-05-05 Thread Drew Simonis
ccnawan wrote: I have to ask this question in light of so many experienced certified people looking for work. Why is there so many advertising on the jobs list, and here. I see it everywhere, if being certified is worthwhile? It is not because of the recent down turn. I saw this before. The

Opinions on Cisco Access Pro AP-EC's [7:1045]

2001-04-17 Thread Drew Simonis
I saw this device mentioned on another mailing list I read as a good item for a home lab. Basically, its a 2501 on a PC card. I wonder why I haven't seen this device mentioned in this group as a good piece to have. Are there any issues with this product that make it less suitable than a

Re: Can you change Telnet's well known port? [7:717]

2001-04-15 Thread Drew Simonis
Fred Danson wrote: Thanks for the info, Does the telnet client that is built into Windows2000 Professional allow changing of the destination port? Could I just click start -- Run and type in telnet 63.1.1.1 :24 ?? more like: telnet 63.1.1.1 24 I use this all the time to read my mail

Re: Security Spcialization/Exam Series?

2001-04-06 Thread Drew Simonis
Henry Rollins wrote: Anyone taken these four exams yet? Any comments re difficulty/overlap from one test to another? Is having a PIX in your lab a prerequisite to effective studying? Thanks http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwtraining/certprog/special1/course.html You have ~ 5

Re: Security Spcialization/Exam Series?

2001-04-06 Thread Drew Simonis
Arthur Stewart wrote: This is a new (non-CCNP+) security specialization and will not expire next month. This is new information, do you have a URL that explains this new certification? I have never heard of it. You may want to check the archives, I remember some discussion of the

Re: CCIE Lab Candidate???? [Formerly no subject]

2001-04-05 Thread Drew Simonis
Greg Macaulay wrote: Perhaps I'm missing something (but I am in a bad mood this AM -- and this is my first Flame) -- or maybe you are?? But did you somehow get a waiver from John Chambers personally so you don't have to sit for and pass the CCIE written??? I didn't see anywhere where

Re: How long does DNS server cache an entry

2001-04-04 Thread Drew Simonis
Ruihai An wrote: This question is not related to Cisco, but I am sure some Cisco engineer know the anwer Wow. Now here's a strict criteria for posting messages! Hey, I bet someone here can fix cars too. How long does DNS server cache an entry it resoved earlier ? The RFC for DNS, as

Re: Cisco Certs Becoming Paper CCXX

2001-04-03 Thread Drew Simonis
B J wrote: The CCNA is far harder than any test one will encounter with a major in Education, Anthropology, History, Business Management, etc. Do you really think the dumbest CCNA isn't more knowledgable in many areas, one being math, than your daughters first grade teacher? Why do so

Re: AW: Anyone tried setting up a Linux TFTP Server for Cisco?

2001-03-22 Thread Drew Simonis
Udo Konstantin wrote: Please can you more specify A unix system is more secure than a Wxx system. So you need to configure your linux box for an nsecure connect. I know its off topic, but I hate such narrow minded comments... If you have ever installed any *ix system, you'd be darn well

Re: Linux Security

2001-03-22 Thread Drew Simonis
Elijah Savage wrote: No holy war here either. But I could not resist the reply to this comment. Of course it depends on the administrator of the box, but it depends also how you install it. I have never installed a linux box with ftp or telnet by default(openssh). Because these boxes I

Re: New Tracks are up on the Cisco Website

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Simonis
Arthur Stewart wrote: Info on the new Communications Services and Security Tracks are up on the Cisco CCIE website How about a URL? (I know, I can look, but it is usually considered polite to reference the source of any news or updates) _ FAQ, list

Re: Cisco Certs Becoming Paper CCXX - Reply to The Rock

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Simonis
"The.Rock" wrote: oh yeah one more thing...In case you forgot, certs don't prove anything you really are an idiot if you think they "prove " something). The only prove your ability to regurgitate info that you supposedly learned. Having the know how, and knowing how to use are two

Re: TCPmag.com Salary Survey

2001-03-16 Thread Drew Simonis
Groupstudy wrote: What a joke. According to their chart an 18 year old kid right out of high school who lives in Detriot could spend 81 hours of studying and then land themselves a job paying $73K per year. Didn't the survey specify "3 to 9 years of experience"?

Re: Slightly OT - Setting up syslog on Solaris for Remote logging of Cisco Routers

2001-03-14 Thread Drew Simonis
I've seen a million people ask about syslog for windows, but nobody has mentioned syslogd on Unix. I'm trying to find information on getting syslog on a Solaris platform to accept logging messages from Cisco routers. By default, the syslog service does not accept messages from external

Re: CCxx Market: Going Off Topic!

2001-03-14 Thread Drew Simonis
hal9001 wrote: Robert has any one actually fathomed WHY this has suddenly happened. I'm not making any form of a political point here but it seems (just as a mark of time) to have happened at the ending of one administration and the take-up of another. Do people and the markets feel the

Re: Internet usage?

2001-03-13 Thread Drew Simonis
Do any of you know of any software utilities that can track and monitor what percentage of internet bandwidth is being used by various tasks such as streaming video, http, mp3, java, etc...? Thanks. Not sure why you think this is a topical issue for this group, but I'll do the ol'

Re: GROUPSTUDY REGISTRATION

2001-03-02 Thread Drew Simonis
Charles Nunie wrote: Hello everyone, My pal wants to join in on this studygroup but the web page is off. Any help? About as much chance as I have of dumping my shares of Transmeta for anything less than a huge loss in the next 5 years... We all have to learn patience sooner or later.

Re: dumb Linux terminal-router question

2001-03-02 Thread Drew Simonis
Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Next week I'm teaching basic router configuration to some high school students. One of the students has a notebook computer that runs Linux. Assuming there is a normal serial port on the notebook, will he able to easily run a terminal emulator to connect to the

Re: cat 6509 Frame Distribution

2001-03-01 Thread Drew Simonis
"Hinds, Christopher" wrote: Hi, On the config of a 6509 I have inherited I have a command I don't understand nor ca find any info on ! Can anyone explain what : #frame distribution method set port channel all distribution ip both

Re: IPSec, IKE, VPN study resources?

2001-02-27 Thread Drew Simonis
Brian Lodwick wrote: Group, Can anyone out there help me out. I am trying to find resources for study. I want to get learn as much as possible about IPSec and VPN technology. I would like to see if anyone knows of some good resources to learn more about this kind of stuff -IPSec tunnel

Re: CCIE salary

2001-02-23 Thread Drew Simonis
Brian wrote: This really isn't true. Lets look at some basic facts: There are only ~6000 or so CCIE's in the world, possibly as many as 30% are employed by cisco. There are over 6000 ISP's in the US alone. There are over 7000 AS's in the world. My point is, that if most of your

Problems?

2001-02-16 Thread Drew Simonis
List traffic has decreased dramatically in the last week (only 4 messages this week). Is it just me? -ds _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SOLARIS SNMP MIB

2001-02-02 Thread Drew Simonis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All I am looking for Sun's Solaris snmp mib about CPU UTILIZATION, MEM UTILIZATION. Please let me know these MIB oids. For the life of me, I can't imagine what this has to do with preparation for a Cisco exam. You'll find much better answers either on the

Re: Useful things to do with trolls

2001-01-14 Thread Drew Simonis
Chuck Larrieu wrote: The ladened versus unladened must have something to do with traffic shaping. That or MTU of the packet... _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure

Re: [Cisco Certs]

2001-01-10 Thread Drew Simonis
Ganesh Chintalapati wrote: Dear all, I do have the same question, can any one help us in this regard The only person that can answer this question is the person that is interviewing you. Unless, that is, there is a top secret cert-degree chart out there that none of us is aware of.

Re: what's the mean of lo0,qfe0 and hme0?

2000-12-19 Thread Drew Simonis
Robert Padjen wrote: And for the trivia buffs - hme stands for... Happy MEal!!! It was a time when the Sun engineers were quite into fast food! Hrm... and all this time I thought it stood for Hundred Megabit Ethernet. Go figure. _ FAQ, list

Re: Help about BGP regular expression

2000-11-30 Thread Drew Simonis
vtam wrote: In the book "Internet Architectures" by Hassam, it said that ^1 ?[0-9]*$ identify all the AS_paths that start with 1 and of length 2-that is, AS1 and its direct customs. But i think that ? means 0 or 1 occurrences, when it is 0, the expression can be equal ^1[0-9]*$,means any

Re: Need help with converting IP address to MAC address

2000-11-24 Thread Drew Simonis
Sisqo wrote: Cisco press book (BCMSN) does not really explain well the concept. I was wondering if someone can help me break the barrier. Example in the book: 224.163.163.45 = 01-00-5E-23-A3-2D I thought 163=A3, why is the 2nd octet converted to 23? There is no corelation between

Re: Security Issues

2000-11-21 Thread Drew Simonis
Deepak Sharma wrote: 1st question Any security issues with ATM?...i know it kinda acts like a VPN (and those are pretty secure), but should i be running IPSEC or some other type of encryption? ATM has nothing to do with a VPN, nor does it "act like one". ATM describes a method of

Re: Rumor Alert - Lab Changes - WAS: Flame bait.

2000-11-18 Thread Drew Simonis
Chuck Larrieu wrote: All these things together are what lead me to speculate that the Security Lab will include work on servers for the various Cisco Secure products, and on PC's for the client side of VPN. Which makes perfect sense, because security is far more than configuring access

Re: Rumor Alert - Lab Changes - WAS: Flame bait.

2000-11-17 Thread Drew Simonis
Chuck Larrieu wrote: Rumor #3 - The CCIE Security will involve configuring Cisco security products on both Unix and NT boxes and doing VPN tunnels end to end, meaning for the first time a candidate would be responsible for end user equipment in the lab. What do you mean when you say "end

Quick question about pre-req for CCNP

2000-09-27 Thread Drew Simonis
I can't seem to find this anywhere, and haven't seen it discussed on the list. So, does anyone know if one must have a CCNA 2.0 in order to get the CCNP 2.0, or will my CCNA 1.0 qualify me? TIA **NOTE: New CCNA/CCDA List has been formed. For more information go to

Re: NetRanger

2000-09-26 Thread Drew Simonis
"Rossetti, Stan" wrote: Has anybody ever used NetRanger? Is it a worthwhile device? Also, can you monitor crc errors with it? Any information would be much appreciated. A bit off topic, but I have used and was pleased with the NR product. It is not, however, an IOS based device. It is