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Thanks
Jeff

Hey venom, thanks, it makes sense now. I thought I would try my chances first, so I emailed EC-Council about getting a special exception case as outlined in their FAQ. He said to mail in my application and he would look it over. This way I will only need to buy the $440 courseware and I think thats plenty for me. A lot of the stuff is review, I just need to focus more on the technical details.

Thanks for the input. I like the option of purchasing the $1000 training-ware, however I can't seem to find anywhere that they include a registration code.

Hey all,

I have opted to go for the CEH via self study because I am 16 and, unfortunately don't have 5 grand to spend. I am going through Career Academy's training videos at the moment, first 2 disks have been a review for me.

However I noticed the requirement on EC Council which says you need 2 years experience in the IT security field. Obviously I don't have that need fulfilled through a job, so I am trying to find any alternative which will allow me to get certified through self-study. I know lying would be a bad thing, but I DO have well over 2 years experience working with networks, maintaining security, deploying hardware and software packages, etc.

Any help would be great,

Jeff

Thanks for the post Cutaway, going to work on going through those links now. However I might add, my dad is thinking about adding another DSL line for my room because I use up all the bandwidth, hehe, so if so problem solved.. we'll see. Anyone know offhand if Qwest offers discounts for second lines?

Network is going great so far, I have 2 computers running Ubuntu, 1 on SuSE, 1 on Mandriva, 1 on Win2k, one on 2003 Datacenter Server, 1x OSX, .. think thats it for victims (I am using BT2 as my attack machine atm). Fedora, XP and a few others will come along tomorrow.

I just recently picked up 39 computers from a police auction for $2.

My goal is to setup a lab on a sub-network of my home network. If I had wired access it would be easy... however I do not so here is the current situation:

DSL line -----> DSL Modem/Router(Wireless) * * * * * * * (in Room A)

However I am in Room B - And what I want to do is create a WIRED (ethernet) sub-network in this room by bridging the DSL Modem/Router to my own router in Room B (in this case Linksys WRT54GX4).

But I still want to maintain wireless access for computers wishing to connect to the DSL Modem/Router. My goal of this will be able to setup the lab on the Linksys Router wired, with maybe one or two connecting wireless for testing purposes (ARP, etc).

END GOAL:
DSL line -----> DSL Modem/Router(Wireless) * * * * * * * <---Linksys----> computers (Wired)

Hope that made sense
Jeff