My second attempt
After having failed Sec+ by probably one question about 6 months ago, I have finally willed myself to cough up the money and take it again. I have used these past months to study off and on. I'm scheduled to take it July 8th.
Two things I'm going to take special effort to focus on these next two weeks:
-Encryption Algorithms (including their usage, ie Tunneling, Key exchange,etc.)
-Well-known TCP and UDP ports
I feel pretty confident, but I don't want to waste more money. Thanks in advance to TechExams.net and all those who are active on the forums.
EDIT:
Ah yes, materials I used:
Sybex Sec+ Guide (sucks)
Sybex Fast Track Guide (also sucks)
Syngress guide (way over the top, but better than anything else I used)
TechNotes (naturally)
Wikipedia (for more in-depth understanding of particular things, like public key infrastructure)
Of course, having already gotten A+ and Net+, that knowledge is helpful towards Sec+.
Two things I'm going to take special effort to focus on these next two weeks:
-Encryption Algorithms (including their usage, ie Tunneling, Key exchange,etc.)
-Well-known TCP and UDP ports
I feel pretty confident, but I don't want to waste more money. Thanks in advance to TechExams.net and all those who are active on the forums.
EDIT:
Ah yes, materials I used:
Sybex Sec+ Guide (sucks)
Sybex Fast Track Guide (also sucks)
Syngress guide (way over the top, but better than anything else I used)
TechNotes (naturally)
Wikipedia (for more in-depth understanding of particular things, like public key infrastructure)
Of course, having already gotten A+ and Net+, that knowledge is helpful towards Sec+.
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Oh yeah, that silly testing engine it comes with is crap. It'll ask you a question asking for 2 or more answers, but will only let you choose one, so you immediatly get it wrong. It's been so long ago, I just felt like there were some contradictory things and it left out some important things. Maybe I had an earlier edition or something. If I think of something specific, I'll post it.
So it seems not any one source is the best.
I'd say my average for average test scores overall is around 800.
Isn't that protocols 50 and 51?
Syngress seemed to skip some of the 12 attack types, like the Birthday attack. It's mentioned at various points later in the book, but if I hadn't read it in Sybex, I might have glossed over that. Weak keys and Mathematical attacks are also skipped in chapter 2.
I wasn't happy. So the new date will be the 13th. Think I should contact Pearson VUE and ask for some kind of discount?
(On an aside, the lady was like, "I tried to call you, but I can't get through!" She tried dialing my house number and as soon as she got done punching in the numbers, the phone made a tone for about 10 seconds. Somehow, she doesn't know that she needs some kind of long-distance access code to make long distance calls.)
Good luck on Thursday though.
And I wouldn't bother trying to get some compensation for your wasted trip. It will only add to your stress and most likely won't result in any kind of discount.
God is certainly watching over me.
I was able to get a name for a contact that might be able to help me get some kind of compensation for all this trouble. I'll post if I hear anything.
To my knowledge, this "upgrade problem" is affecting all (or at least more than one) of PearsonVUE sites, not just the site I'm going to. Anyone testing with PearsonVUE soon might want to give them a call to see if they're having trouble or not.
Fortunately I have always tested at Prometric centers. Aside from some crappy equipment at one center, I've never had a problem.
When I sat for the Security+ exam at my local Vue center, they had me on a different computer then normal because it was having issues...they did not say anything more and at the time I did not think anything about it.
Maybe it suffered from what you are describing?
BTW, I have no loyalties to VUE - the only reason I originally scheduled with VUE is that Executrain (45 minutes away) was the closest center that was open during hours I wasn't working (meaning, they were open on Saturday). There's a testing center figuratively right down the street, but they're only open 9:00-5:00 or so, so I would have to try to get off work for it, which is difficult.
I'll post if any new developments occur.
I'm re-re-scheduled to take the exam this evening, so I'll tell you all how it goes.
So I was prepared for only having the acronyms in the formula.
This is a problem with studying for the exam. You should strive to learn the technology. The purpose of the exam is to test your knowledge of the technology withing the parameters of the exam objectives.
I have always found the best way to pass an exam is to get a copy of the exam objectives and learn the technology behind them. sometime, that may involve learning something not on the objectives (horrors) in order to be able to learn something on the objectives.
Naturally, this is why I learned I must use multiple study sources rather than rely on just one (Sybex). I learned a LOT of useful stuff by looking up things on Wikipedia (and this site, of course).
BTW, I passed with an 860 today.
You deserve it after all you went through. I was just going to suggest you change the name of this topic to "Security+: The Saga Continues".
PS - Make sure you remember to add it to your certs at the left!
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I'm rather glad that this particular saga is ended. It's been fun guys. Having the support of all you people on TechExams really does make things easier for me, if only because I'm not alone. Hehe. That was sappy.
Anyway, thanks again all! (I suppose I'll be moving to the iNet+ forum for a few weeks.)