Passed eJPT Exam

I'm excited that I just passed the eJPT exam! The coursework and labs were some of the best I've come across so far and I definitely enjoyed learning and practicing new skills. There's probably a bit more hand holding in the training materials compared to more advanced training, but as a entry level/junior course/exam I think this is acceptable. In the end, thorough study of the coursework and labs taught me the basics of pen testing and prepared me for passing the eJPT exam.

I suspect the eJPT does not rate highly for most, but for lifelong telecom professional looking to switch to infosec I found it valuable to gain some hands-on training experience versus the high level talk found in most training and certs I've taken so far.

I also now have a greater appreciation for persistence in tackling a hard problem - getting stuck sucks, but finally overcoming a stubborn obstacle feels awesome!

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JoJoCal19

Congrats on the pass! You looking to do eCPPT next?

KS_Cabledog

Thanks!

Not sure what's next. The eCPPT is relatively expensive and not nearly as well known as CEH or OSCP.

Thinking of spending a few months working on immersive labs, hackthebox, pentester lab, and some vulnhub boxes and then signing up for OSCP.

Info_Sec_Wannabe

Did you get access to Immersive Labs through your company subscription?

KS_Cabledog

Pretty sure my company does not have an agreement with Immersive Labs.

I saw they offer free access to students so got access that way. I knocked out the unix labs and will check out some of the more advanced ones in a bit.

ThePawofRizzo

Congrats!

securitychops

way to go on the pass!

LordQarlyn

Congrats!

MalwareMike

Congrats!

KracknHack

Hello, I have just enrolled in eJPT and trying to install vpn and get connected to labs. I have a couple of queries. After downloading the openvpn file from the portal for the first time, could you suggest how do we need to connect to labs?

As in do I now open the hera labs portal from my Kali vmware? Or do I need to do that from my host system (windows) ? how can I further connect to the first lab of Traffic Sniffing?

KracknHack

The lab manual says:
Before starting your Lab, download and install OpenVPN Client from here:https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.htmlOnce the client is installed, reboot your system (you actually have to reboot to avoid laterissues).

However, how do we install this after downloading and unzipping?

Mike7

Connect to VPN via Kali VM. Just open a terminal and run "openvpn ./filename.ovpn"

triplea

did find that I could only use the downloaded key once. So if you left the session you needed a new key. That doesn't get explained.

Mike7

triplea wrote: »

did find that I could only use the downloaded key once. So if you left the session you needed a new key. That doesn't get explained.

Oh... the UI isn't that bad. You always ask for help from eLS forum at https://community.elearnsecurity.com/