Has anyone recently taken these courses.  I am about to drop the money to pay for the first one and then in May pay for the second one.

I have been reading over the syllabus for these courses and I have actually been able to speak to the instructor that will be teaching the courses as they are on the Forensics forum that I am on also.  The class seems to be tightly run and they seem to do a great deal of teaching the basics which is what I need more than anything, plus i get a bunch of tools like a Write Blocker, Helix Boot CD, etc....

Anyways let me know if you have gone through these courses.

I will be giving a evaluation of the courses when I have completed them which will be in May and then in August.

This is available to any EH-Net member for any SANS course?

I learned of this just in time.  Thank you very much

Pretty stoked, I am leaving in two days for this class.  Time flys when I am logging onto this site everyday to learn stuff. 

I will come back and write a lengthy review about my impressions of the class and the teacher.

Eric Huber.....

Rob Lee is teaching the SANS 508 I plan on going to in Boston in August.

I think that'd be more of a personal choice and how well you feel about the material.  I would choose to study more and take the practice exams prior to taking the actual exam.  Going over that study material more will only help retain it better as you get further into your infosec career.  The practice exams will ensure that you're retaining it as you go through your studying.  At that point I would feel comfortable taking the real exam.

What do you mean what forum?  I'm on this one...LOL. jk.  But seriously what do you mean.  Been thinking about that job too a lot.

I am in two different ones .

Forensicfocus & computer forensics world.. personally the people on this site are far nicer. I disagree with the way that certain people talk to each other on that first site I mentioned.