CEH Exam Scheduled!

the_Grinch

Well I've been doing some solid studying and scheduled the exam for next Thursday at 1 pm. Little information for those who are going the self-study route, when they send you the ID number you put it in the voucher section if your using Vue. I thought I had to enter it in the beginning and had to go back and forth with Vue in e-mail. Finally, did a chat with them and was told it was a voucher that had to be entered (had a Homer moment). I was approved for self-study through educational experience (thread is here on that: http://www.techexams.net/forums/ec-council-ceh-chfi/38422-put-ceh-waiver.html ). Used/using the following materials:

CEH Exam Prep 312-50 by Michael Greg - Completed
CEH CBT Nuggets - Completed (bought the 1 month streaming account)
Career Academy - Incomplete (found this to be crap so I'm not continuing it, gave it back to my friend)
Official Certified Ethical Hacker Review Guide by Kimberly Graves - Starting today
Anti-Hacker Toolkit - Reviewing for tools
Boson ExamSim - $50 Bucks, will use on Monday
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Ethical Hacket.Net Forums

Hopefully, will have a passed on here next week (if I don't have to push it back due to getting a job!)

darkerosxx

Good luck, I'm sure you'll knock it out of the park.

stupidboy

Good luck, I am sure the hard work will pay off

darkerosxx

Good luck again! Let us know how it goes!

the_Grinch

One week till I take it, had to take today off to work on a dvd for my mother. Should be rocking and rolling again tomorrow...

darkerosxx

Oh okay, lol!

bradtechonline

Congratulations on getting the referral to take this exam. I hope you pass it , and come back to tell us how it was. I passed my Security+ today with an 844. Tomorrow I'm going to see the IT Director to sign off for me. I've only been here seven months but worked three years as Technology Director for a small public school district when I was fresh out of college.

the_Grinch

Nice score on Security+! I am almost positive they would accept you for a waiver with experience and some education. I'll let you all know how it goes! I'm excited, but a little wary of the 150 questions....

the_Grinch

I am thinking of switching my exam date to Tuesday. I have a second interview for a security position that will involve some pen-testing and I believe this could help me. Interview is on Wednesday, will finish the official guide tonight then it is a matter of doing questions to prepare to the basic knowledge. Then review some tools! I'll know on Sunday if that is what I am going to do...

the_Grinch

Tomorrow is the big day! Hopefully will report back with a pass!

dynamik

Good luck!

mamono

Good luck!

shednik

Good Luck!!!

coffeeking

Good luck mate, I plan to go down the same route sometime.

the_Grinch

Well the worse case scenario occurred. Need a 70% to pass and I got a 69%! I'll say that I probably should have taken another week or two to really look at all the stuff required (which is what I will be doing now). But I will also say that there were quite a few questions that weren't covered in any of the material that I used. But oh well, second attempt in a couple of weeks...

dynamik

Ouch! Sorry to hear about that

What sort of material caught you off guard (if you can say without violating the NDA)?

the_Grinch

Off hand I'm not a 100% sure that I could say what the material is so I'll stay mum on that...but if/when you take it you'll see what I am talking about.

dynamik

No worries; good luck on your retake!

darkerosxx

the_Grinch wrote: »

Well the worse case scenario occurred. Need a 70% to pass and I got a 69%! I'll say that I probably should have taken another week or two to really look at all the stuff required (which is what I will be doing now). But I will also say that there were quite a few questions that weren't covered in any of the material that I used. But oh well, second attempt in a couple of weeks...

You were really close, though! You can knock it out with another attempt, for sure.

the_Grinch

Yeah, now at the very least I now have an idea of what I need to do and what is expected. I will say I didn't expect the depth some of the questions went into...

darkerosxx

I'd be willing to bet that you're good now that you've taken it, but if you have any questions or there's anything I can help you with, feel free to post or PM me.

the_Grinch

Thanks! I ordered a couple other books to get myself fully prepared for the exam and after.

Amazon.com: Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning: Gordon Fyodor Lyon: Books

Amazon.com: Gray Hat Hacking, Second Edition: Shon Harris, Allen Harper, Chris Eagle, Jonathan Ness: Books

Amazon.com: The CEH Prep Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Certified Ethical Hacking: Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines: Books

So hopefully with these and a job I'll be able to kick this exams butt and continue my trip into the rabbit hole of computer/network security...

darkerosxx

I flipped through Kevin Mitnick's two books and they look really interesting and educational. If you haven't checked those out, you might want to when you get a chance. While it's not full of information for the CEH, it did have some gems that I recognized were on the exam.