Hello all,

my first post in the forum I'm planning to study for CEH and while googling found this site, I've already read questions about self study option and the suggested books and I've tried to build my "list" of books and was wondering if it is enough or need something more.

I would love to attend an official course/bootcamp but honesly I lack the time to attend the course (yeah sometimes even a week of absence can be a pain!) so self study is the only option to me.

The books I was going to buy are the following :

Official Certified Ethical Hacker Review Guide
Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures: Attack Phases
Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures: Threats and Defense Mechanisms
Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures: Secure Network Infrastructures
Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures: Web Applications and Data Servers
Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures: Linux, Macintosh and Mobile Systems

Of course everything will be backed up with a lab where to test and have fun. Keep in mind I'm not much interested in the certification per se btu on the knowledge and skill you learn along the way, do you think this can be enough for the exam? Or it is too much/less? Any advice, suggestion or addition to the above list would be greatly appreciated!

Keep in mind I'm a trainer and Linux sysadmin in life so not properly a noobie in the industry.

I'll look forward your precious advices!

P.

Hi there thanks a lot for your suggestion! I'll do as you suggested as I have a long queue of books to buy along with CEH ones

Time to try the new Cisco CCNP as I'm curious to see the TS exam

P.

i used both books to prepare me for the 5 day training i took and yes, both of them are good material. i think the CEH exam prep was a little short, but it contains good documentation. if you study hard with these books, and take some exam practice tests, you will probably do just fine!

I used CEH: Official Certified Ethical Hacker Review Guide: Exam 312-50 (1), Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep (2) and The CEH Prep Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Certified Ethical Hacking (3). I had a class and the official courseware too though.

Can't say much about the Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures series, but I would assume that they should also cover most or everything needed for the exam. Therefore I would say that if you buy all the books you mentioned, it should be enough to pass.

I am currently writing reviews on the three first mentioned books, whereas the first is already available at my website. Others will hopefully be finished soon.

(1) http://www.amazon.com/CEH-Official-Certified-Ethical-Hacker/dp/0782144373
(2) http://www.amazon.com/Certified-Ethical-Hacker-Exam-Publishing/dp/0789735318
(3) http://www.amazon.com/CEH-Prep-Guide-Comprehensive-Certified/dp/0470135921