I guess not many people have done this or are interested..... this thread is now the second result in a google search of the entire interwebs for "Certified Reverse Engineering Analyst"   

I had looked at the SANS course, and although it looks good I'd heard they were fairly expensive, there's also a time limit on the availability of the online content which I think is not the case for the infosec institute course (although I'll check). 

I'm not in it for the certification and my company is not paying for it so I'm hoping I've made a good decision - will find out within the next month or so I guess.

How is the course going?

Hrmm that's too bad, it sounded promising.

I've found it to be excelent so far.

I've made a few notes on the second chapter concepts on my blog (www.nickfnord.com) I don't know if it will help persuade you to get it.

I heard good things about the first edition and most of the reviews on amazon.com are about the first edition - some mention the mistakes throuought etc.

the second edition is very good and although I can't compare it to the entire first edition, it does seem to have a less condecending tone than the one chapter I read of the first edition somewhere.

It does go in-depth very quickly and so I'm taking it very slowly and making sure I understand everything before I move on, but it is has a nice tone to it that makes it a bit less dry:

quote from chapter 2:

I have alredy found a number of minor technical errors, but at the moment suspect that they may have been introduced deliberately perhaps, as it forces you to understand what's going on rather than just copying and pasting code from the book. 

also - it's been noted that Jack Koziol is notably absent from the authors list of the second edition, but he is specifically mentioned in the authors acknowledgements and his code is liberaly sprinkled throuought the book:


despite the fact I'm a newbie in this sort of thing, I'd highly recommend it anyway.  it definately doesn't hold your hand and so I'd imagine that it would be great for an old hat also.

Nick,

keep us (me in particular, I'm being selfish) posted. I like the sound of this course, so I'd be interested in a first hand review.

RR

<edit: note to self, must learn to type....>

oh, I was definately ntending on posting it here on EH.net (and on my blog with gratuitous linking to the EH article of course) - would you prefer I start a new article or place it in this thread?