If you do not pass the exam, you will need to obtain a new eligibility code. You can do so by sending an email to info@eccouncil.org

BillV

 

Thanks for the clarification Bill.

Grinch, please inform us when you receive the eligibility code the 2nd time. By the way, How was the exam? Were there a lot of logs related questions? What was the percentage that you got? How long have you been preparing and what were the reading material used?

Mes

They got back to me late last night and said I had to buy a voucher for the exam and then e-mail them back for another code.  Not too difficult and fairly fast response.  Hopefully be ready to take it in a week!

Man I know how that feels!  The 1st time I took the CCNA exam I failed by one point!   

hello,

sometimes, books are theory based and it's for your understanding. However, it should be noted that most exams test you on how to apply the tools you've learned, not churning out facts. (although simple ones like social engineering, ethics and moral is there for few marks!)

so the best for you to pass the exam is to do a lot of sample questions. like i mentioned before in the previous thread, the nearest and closed to the real exam is the Pass4sure test which consist of 600 questionnaires in it. (disclaimer- I'm not promoting for them!).

In addition, i also noticed that the exam focused a lot on the following:

1) Nmap (types of scan -O, -U, Xmas, and interpret the scan results using which switch etc)
2) Snort capture results (IDS)
3) know how to read ethereal results (sniffing)
4) enumeration (Netbios, SMB, types of port used 137, 139, 445)
5) analyze the logs result (mostly buffer overflows)
6) Sql injection attack on website
7) use of Net-cat
interpret the C or C++ codes (mostly related to buffer overflows again)
9) pwdump, lophtcrack and know how to read the password hashes (less < 7 char)
10) types of DDOS / DOS -> Smurf (ICMP) and fraggle (UDP)

I hope that helps and good luck.

Cheers,

kennut