Hey all, this is my 1st post of EH-net but I have been reading it for just over a week or so now.

BORING INTRO HERE:
I'm currenly 'pre-studying' for my C|EH class I hope to sit in march-ish. I can't take the self study option as I'm only 17 and have about 1 and a bit years in IT (including some infosec).

Im also studying for my MCTS in configuring Vista

Sorry that turned out to be a intro their...
REAL QUESTION HERE:

Ok so, I THINK I read on the ec-council site that you have to renew your C|EH every two years, and if you get a ECSA and LPT aswell you have to pay a $250 renew fee for your LPT, if one was to get all three of these certs, and one paid said $250 renewal fee would that renew them all or just LPT?


Hopefully that makes some sense...

Thanks again,
Chris.

I didn't know the C|EH expired.  I passed version 4.0.  Shows you how out of the loop I am.   

Or its a way to make more money.

I agree.  My belief is it leans more to the money making aspect. I cant really justify my belief with hard facts, its just the feeling have after some conversations on the phone with people involved in the certification process. 

My feeling is the Ec-council was hoping there was going to be a flood of people trying to get there CEH.  They were hoping thousands upon thousands would keep coming every year, because the pitch of testing your network like a hacker was a good one.  But the problem is, once you certify someone you are done with them as far as money goes. That is unless you have some other way of getting another yearly fee. Now I do understand that things keep changing almost every day in this field so it does make sense to require some kind of continued education, but that needs to be real and not something contrived.