Well, definitely congrats on passing the exam! Sorry there wasn't much feedback other than mine. Sounds like you didnt need it though. What did you end up doing as far as practice tests go? Did you end up purchasing one? If so, which? I hope you stick around the forums and continue to contribute. Again, congrats on the exam pass.

Welcome! Glad the community made a good first impression :-)

Hello and welcome.

Sounds like you're interested in software development. I think which path you take depends on what you ultimately want to do as cd1zz mentioned. Any/all of those are good choices.

Seems fine. The IP belongs to the state, they have a current SSL certificate, and they are running IIS 7.5. As long as you were in the SSL session (and it was to their server) your information should have been okay in transit. What they do with it on their end, who knows.

Sweet, thanks!

Yep, knew of the HE book and located the other one as well. Was hoping something else was out there but these two seem to be the only books showing up in searches.

Can anyone recommend a good, up-to-date, reference on VoIP hacking/testing/security?

Great! Congrats!

The only problem with your comparison is that the CPTE should be beyond what the CEH is. The CPTS is their intro/entry hacking certification that should be compared to CEH. The CPTE, now the consultant something or other, is probably better aligned with ECSA/LPT (or GPEN, also on that level).

But it is good to hear something positive about them.

I thought this was something new that I hadn't heard of but once I read through the first couple posts I googled the 'CSWAE' and realized it was the Mile2 thing.

I honestly can't say I'm that surprised. I've yet to really hear anything good about Mile2.

They present themselves as a well established company but I wonder how many people actually hold their certifications.

That's an interesting perspective on it. I look forward to hearing your feedback once you've taken the OSCE as well.

I'm hoping to do the 660 course this year as my GPEN will be expiring.

The CEH exam can seem difficult because of the wide range of topics it covers. If you stick to the objectives, know them well (you should be able to explain the concepts, not just know of them), and know the use of the "main" tools (including command line switches) then you should be okay on the exam.

I can't offer any suggestions for practice exams as I don't have any direct experience with them and can't recall who in our community has used them or what they would recommend. I'm sure you'll get some more replies.

Welcome to community.

BillV

Just tryin' to help the new guy market his product

No bargain. Bring $5,000 in a paper bag to the corner and it's a done deal.

Alternatively, pay Ninja-Sec $750 and learn there.

I'm interested to see what hayabusa has to say about this one.

It's too shady for me. No information about the authors and no 'about us' section. The poor grammar on the site leads me to believe English is not a first language and the course documents would be tough to get through. A domain that was just registered in October (too new) and registered by proxy (poor choice for a business, in my opinion) doesn't sit well with me either. And they have a 'testimonials' section with no testimonials.

I might throw $100 at this one and chance it but there's no way I'd be giving these guys $750, let alone the $1450 they will be asking for shortly.

Also curious as to whether these guys tried to launch a year prior and it didn't go so well...
http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/11253985
http://www.turkblackhats.com/tb//showthread.php?p=7121

That throws the '7 years experience' out the window