- Be well-rested before taking the exam.
- Have food prepared ahead of time so it is easy to refuel without taking too much time away from the exam (I generally ate and worked at the same time)
- Relax
- Take breaks, frequently if necessary (you'd be really surprised at what you'll see if you've been staring at a problem for an hour and simply walk away for 5 minutes)
- Relax
- Take breaks (ok, yeah, I repeated myself - means I think it's important)
- Don't be afraid to take a short nap if you need to
- Try Harder!

That's about it.  If you made it through the course and the "extra mile" exercises, you should be pretty well prepared.  Don't forget, they expect you to actually think when you take this exam, just like you did for the labs.  If you did it in the labs, you should be able to do it on the exam.

Good luck!

eternal_security

I can't necessarily tell you what tools you will or will not be able to use, as I believe that would be a breach of NDA; however, I will tell you, you are correct that there are some that will be off-limits.  Just be able to do what you learned in the class (i.e. hack "manually") and you won't need to worry about it.  Does that help?

Kind regards,
eternal_security

Good Luck tomorrow on the exam!!

Glad you were able to find out.  I just didn't want to say anything out of place or that may have violated NDA.  Good luck on the exam!!!

Kind regards,
eternal_security

<grin>  They'll definitely challenge you, to show your mettle!   

But seriously, get some rest, take your breaks during, and you should do ifne, if you did well at all, in the labs.

I'd assume it's still going. It's a 24-hour exam after all. I'm sure he'll fill us in ASAP.

Thanks guys for your support.

I am waiting for the official results before posting. I am kind of border line...
Hopefully, I will get an answer today and regardless of the result, I will be posting my experience soon!

Stay tune...

Understood on that.  I KNEW I got past mine, but you always wonder if something eluded you, in the back of your mind.  I can say, for instance, that I achieved the goal on the one machine (without giving any specifics,) but wasn't sure if my method / reasoning for that one machine was going to suffice for the final, and if it hadn't, I would've fallen just shy of passing.  (It did suffice, though, so I was stoked!)