Passed!!

Wow, that was a hard test! I took it last week and failed by one question. I immediately rescheduled the test and passed the second time. I found it really hard to memorize hashing, symmetric and asymmetric algorithms. Knowing every port number sucks too.
Now I'm MCSA. I'm going to take 70-298 in a few weeks so I can be an MCSE!
I'd like to give a shout out to Books24/7. It's an online resource of books that has almost every IT book out there. I was able to use a Security+ study guide to read over each topic and compare it between Syngress, Sybex and MS Press to see who was making sense. Sybex seemed the best since they gave big hints on what to concentrate on for the test.

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Webmaster

Congrats!

Ricka182

congrats!

goforthbmerry

congrats on the pass. I have 2 weeks left for mine. I feel good about most of it but I need to bone up on the encryption and authenication. I understand that is the killer for most people.

Slowhand

Congratulations on the pass, and welcome to the club(s).

sprkymrk

jimi444 wrote:

Wow, that was a hard test! I took it last week and failed by one question. I immediately rescheduled the test and passed the second time. I found it really hard to memorize hashing, symmetric and asymmetric algorithms.

Congrats!

I agree with you 100% on the encryption/hashing stuff. A person would be wise to know those things real good before attempting this exam.

jimi444

Also, make sure you have a clear definition of:
Integrity, authentication, confidentiality, availability and private. Some of the definitions they gave seem to closely match with some of the other choices they gave.

Megadeth4168

Congrats!

janmike

Congratulations!