B"H

Firstly, thank you all for investing time in helping me; I appreciate it.

Second, I agree with the reality that 6 weeks (on OFF time between work) is insufficient prep time. At the same time, ultimately, the decision is my boss's. In his "defense", these students are absolute beginners to networking (mostly telecom people).

I do not need to be at "instructor" level in the normal sense that you and I in the IT world use the term. Rather, I need to know enough to provide a nice introduction to the subject with as much hands-on as possible. 

For that reason, at this time, I think the poster who suggested CEH and that Pen testing book is right on. Hopefully that material will provide me and the people I am working with (for just a few weeks!) a nice introduction and hands-on.

In the future, I would definitely be open to OSWP. The sole reason I am not going for that this second is because it requires knowledge of Linux, and I don't have knowledge of Linux OS yet.

Thank you all again, and I am still open to any ideas. 

B"H

Hi all,

I am in a bind and could really use your advice.

I teach repair and networking not far from my house. I got A+/N+/CCNA.
I have experience with Windows machines, end stations and Server 08'.

My boss said he wants me to teach CEH in as little as 6 weeks from now.

I have no background in security. Also, my students like hands-on, and I hear CEH is more theoretical.

I looked at OSWP - looks SO cool and SO hands-on, but I know zero linux :-(

What do I do? I work almost constantly and have just some study time...

Please guys, this is my job and family...I need some way to know some aspect(s) of security well, and in a way I can offer student's hands-on. (Class is Monday-Thursday from 5pm to 9pm).

Thank you very much for all your help

PS. My dream was CCIE R&S. By Divine providence, my boss got into Windows 7 and Sever 2008, so, so did I. If I can get through these (plus "security"), I'd like to return to CCNP switching.