Re: Certification

2010-08-25 Thread Aaron Toponce
e > vendor neutral certifications help broaden your opportunities. Why lock > your self into only one vendor? I would also think that having these > less costly certs is also good certification preparation for some of the > ridiculously expensive certs. Most vendor-neutral certs a

Re: Certification

2010-08-25 Thread Kenneth Burgener
Cisco, MCSE) may fetch a higher price, but I would think also having the vendor neutral certifications help broaden your opportunities. Why lock your self into only one vendor? I would also think that having these less costly certs is also good certification preparation for some of the ridiculously

Re: Certification

2010-08-25 Thread Corey Edwards
On 08/25/2010 12:31 PM, Von Fugal wrote: > There was a thread a while back that talked about certifications. I > gather LPI is not a good one? RHC[TE] are good. Are there any other > certifications that anyone would recommend getting or at least looking > into, particularly for the security/encrypt

Re: Certification

2010-08-25 Thread Jacob Albretsen
ield? There is always the RHCSS: http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhcss/ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Certification

2010-08-25 Thread Daniel C.
arly for the security/encryption field? Taking this a bit farther - I'm spending the next 10 months or so in Iraq, where I will have a ton of free time and access to a proctor. If anyone has advice on a certification I can test for while here, that would actually be worthwhile to learn, I'd ap

Certification

2010-08-25 Thread Von Fugal
There was a thread a while back that talked about certifications. I gather LPI is not a good one? RHC[TE] are good. Are there any other certifications that anyone would recommend getting or at least looking into, particularly for the security/encryption field? On google I've found (ISC)² CISSP and

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Jason Holt
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Alan K Melby wrote: Can you set up [Knoppix] Linux so that it is impossible, or at least difficult, for a user to switch to a virtual terminaln without re-booting? Thanks for keeping us on-task; it's easy to get distracted into abstract security discussions. The file /e

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Alan K Melby
Can you set up [Knoppix] Linux so that it is impossible, or at least difficult, for a user to switch to a virtual terminaln without re-booting? AKM = = = Ross Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Jason Holt wrote: > On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Ross Werner wrote: >> they can turn off

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Ross Werner
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Jason Holt wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Ross Werner wrote: they can turn off whatever customizations you have created. In the security world, having physical access to a computer basically means that there is no way to completely secure that computer. Well, it depends on wha

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Jason Holt
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Ross Werner wrote: they can turn off whatever customizations you have created. In the security world, having physical access to a computer basically means that there is no way to completely secure that computer. Well, it depends on what you mean by "console access". The B

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Jason Holt
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Alan K Melby wrote: The certification test will usually be given at a university computer lab where we do not have much control over the computers and probably are not allowed to touch the router. Can we accomplish pretty much the same thing with a customized version of a

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Justin Findlay
On 11/8/05, Ross Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That said, if you're looking primarily to stop casual cheaters, then a > customized Knoppix with some iptables rules to block outgoing traffic to > anywhere but the testing server should be more than sufficient. Knoppix seems to make it uncommon

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Ross Werner
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Alan K Melby wrote: The certification test will usually be given at a university computer lab where we do not have much control over the computers and probably are not allowed to touch the router. Can we accomplish pretty much the same thing with a customized version of a

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Alan K Melby
The certification test will usually be given at a university computer lab where we do not have much control over the computers and probably are not allowed to touch the router. Can we accomplish pretty much the same thing with a customized version of a bootable Knoppix Linux image without

Re: shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Ross Werner
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Alan K Melby wrote: We have a locked down version of Knoppix Linux that goes straight to Firefox when you boot from CD and then you can't get out of Firefox and Firefox can only access one webpage. A Linux shop created it for us. Would it also be feasible to create a versio

shell for certification exam

2005-11-08 Thread Alan K Melby
Thanks for the various responses concerning multilingual text input. We are pursuing them. Now another question concerning the possible use of a bootable Linux CD on the client side: We have a locked down version of Knoppix Linux that goes straight to Firefox when you boot from CD and then

Re: Novell CLE 9 certification and getting the babes!

2005-07-29 Thread Michael Halcrow
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 10:15:12AM -0600, Roberto Mello wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:44:48PM -0600, Gabriel Gunderson wrote: > > I just received an email from Novel on the CLE. I followed the link [1] > > and I'm so distracted by the typically dumb corporate imagery [2] used > > on the page

Re: Novell CLE 9 certification and getting the babes!

2005-07-29 Thread Roberto Mello
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:44:48PM -0600, Gabriel Gunderson wrote: > I just received an email from Novel on the CLE. I followed the link [1] > and I'm so distracted by the typically dumb corporate imagery [2] used > on the page that I can't even read the article. > > What is that picture saying a

Re: Novell CLE 9 certification and getting the babes!

2005-07-28 Thread Jason K Larson
Gabriel Gunderson wrote: I just received an email from Novel on the CLE. I followed the link [1] and I'm so distracted by the typically dumb corporate imagery [2] used on the page that I can't even read the article. What is that picture saying anyway? How about... "I've earned the CLE and now

Novell CLE 9 certification and getting the babes!

2005-07-28 Thread Gabriel Gunderson
I just received an email from Novel on the CLE. I followed the link [1] and I'm so distracted by the typically dumb corporate imagery [2] used on the page that I can't even read the article. What is that picture saying anyway? How about... "I've earned the CLE and now all the office babes can't