RE: Lowering of standards on CCNP 2.0?

Geoffrey, I disagree somewhat. For me what's valuable is the learning/knowledge acquisition process. Too many folks come to see an exam or a cert as the be-all end-all. Which is understandable, because everyone wants a reward for all their hard work. But it's more satisfying in an enduring kind

CCSI info

Briefly: CCSI is, to the best of my knowledge, unique in that it is the only Cisco cert. that you, as the holder, do not actually "own"--it is held by the organization (normally a Cisco training partner) that you work for. If you transfer to another job, your new employer has to pay a fee to

RE: CCNP Security

Tommy, Absolutely the best book on IPSec is by Doraswamy/Harkins: http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?isbn=0130118982AID=42121PID=216178 Very helpful in preparing for the Security track. Have added the Books A Million link because a search of addall.com shows they have the lowest price on

RE: anyone taken the security exam(s)??

Hello-- I just took the security exam (if you mean MCNS). You do need more than PIX knowledge (in fact, the PIX questions I thought were pretty easy). Test has MANY questions on Cisco Secure, AAA config on a NAS, CBAC and Reflexive Access Lists. Also, of course, VPN, IPSec, and crypto (what's

RE: Marry Christmas to all / Feliz Navidad

In the same spirit of Internationalism that is the Cisco community, I wish everyone, "po-russki" -- in Russian S rozhdestvom Khristovym i s novym godom (Merry Xmas + Happy New Year!!) Kathy "Katyusha" Mihalisko -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

RE: THIS IS A CISCO STUDY GROUP

To each his/her own. I'm following the talk about Cisco's competitors with interest. My company recently lost a couple of its CCIEs to Juniper; no doubt other present and wannabe CCIEs will "defect" to the competition. Second, on technical grounds, I've gained a better appreciation of Cisco's

RE: CIT Support Questions

Andy, Unlike the BCRAN exam (which had the drop-down list), for Support you have to type in the commands. Kathy M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Wu Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 7:06 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: CIT