RE: Passed CIT today!-sniffer skills [7:24131]

2001-10-25 Thread Carroll Kong
>From my experience, there is nothing inherently special about learning how to use a sniffer in itself. You are learning how different protocols work, and the sniffer just lets you see that. Learning a sniffer should just mean, "I know which buttons to click to get X, Y, Z kinds of data". U

RE: Passed CIT today!-sniffer skills [7:24131]

2001-10-25 Thread Mike Sweeney
I really do not agree with this at all. Learning to use the sniffer.. any sniffer, is at the basic level.. easy. Learning how to filter the rush of data and get something meaningful out of it all is half skill and half black magic ;) It takes a certain level of experience AND skill to put together

Re: Passed CIT today!-sniffer skills [7:24131]

2001-10-25 Thread Wojtek Zlobicki
> I really do not agree with this at all. Learning to use the sniffer.. any > sniffer, is at the basic level.. easy. Learning how to filter the rush of > data and get something meaningful out of it all is half skill and half black > magic ;) It takes a certain level of experience AND skill to put

Re: Passed CIT today!-sniffer skills [7:24131]

2001-10-25 Thread Mike Sweeney
Actually- I think in the end we agree... you need to have both but I will say that knowing the theory doesnt always translate well into troubleshooting skills and troubleshooting doesnt always translate to theory. You must have both skills.. Your eye on the network? possibly.. I have other tools