MaXe what are the labs like?

I have learned a good amount more since I started seriously studying linux.

Thanks for the info! I cant take the radio anymore! Same damn songs over and over.

I've read on a lot of linux forums that SL is the closest thing to RH (even more so than CentOS/ Fedora)

Thats a good idea, thank you.

With my new job, I began driving between 90-120 mins a day. I feel like I should be using this time in some way. Are there any good pod-cast about security, networking, or I.T. ? Do you have any other suggestions to put on my ipod?

thanks

Thank you all for the replies. I still havent decided if I want to do LPIC-1 yet but I definitely would like to complete RHCSA and RHCE by the end of next year. I hear Linux+ is very big on command line, so that would definitely help me learn the command line better.

Also, I changed from Backtrack to SL for my 2nd laptop. A lot of people were telling me to get rid of Backtrack.

If they had the lab back in July, I might of picked DOJO instead of The Hacker Academy (which I will be doing a full review within the next couple of days). Also glad there isnt a charge for the lab

If you do decide to take the SWSW, we definitely would like a review. I would really like to get my hands on one of the wireless pentesting certs, but I kept hearing from people that OSWP is out dated, so maybe SWSE will gain some ground.

They were trying to upload the code for Angry Birds into their drones to play a live action angry birds.   


   that made my morning lol

This is how I studied for the CCNA.

- Lammle's book
- bought 2x 1720 routers and 1x 2950 switch (worked fine for me but I know a good amount of people who prefer more equipment)
- tried preplogic for a month (decent resource)
- lastly I used howtonetwork.com (very good resource if you can buy all the equipment you want)
- used a ton of notecards

Hope that helped!

Awesome prize, I came back to EH at a great time

I'm going to continue with everyone, yes certs will get you an interview..but once you sit down for the interview and the questions start coming out..they will know if you're legit.

I remember going in for my first networking interview..I had the Network+ and CCNA ( home lab experience) and to be honest..I thought I was going to kick ass. BAM all hell broke lose.

We started talking about my education and certs, then technical questions started. I think I might of answered 2 out 10 questions right. Yeah I have certs and decent knowledge of networking but I was put in place and realized I need actual experience not just certs.

Like most of you, I'm very interested in InfoSec and from reading hundreds of post, I think I have come up with a good plan.

Its a 18-24 month plan.
- complete BS in IT security
- complete MS in IA
- My current job title is NOC/ linux support; I think this experience will be great for a Info Assurance position
- certs certs certs
- after 6-12 months, Ill start doing some side contract jobs (to get even more experience
- keep reading Info Assurance job descriptions and try to get a good feel for what they are asking.

This is a great post. I'm still in college but my goal is to one day be a information assurance engineer. Just like every other college kid, I'm a little scared about not finding a job due to many applicants or just having the number of jobs go down.

How do you think security will change in the next 5-10 years?