Passed This Morning
I passed this morning with a score of 820. Not the best in the world, but it was still passing. My test focused heavily on Cryptography, so make sure you know that area. I only had 2 questions on ports, and no more than 5 questions on Organizational Security. The rest were pretty much common sense quesions on different types of attacks, and most importantly, how to prevent them (Man-In-The-Middle showed up more than once).
For study I used TCAT's study guide, and the Technotes on this site. I went through a couple of practice tests, but I think the biggest thing that helped me, was flash cards. I sat down and wrote them out for areas I wasn't too familiar with, and it really helped quite a bit. I have been studying for the last 3 weeks, with no prior experience in network security. The only other certs I have are A+, and Network+.
Now it's on to Cisco...
Good luck!
For study I used TCAT's study guide, and the Technotes on this site. I went through a couple of practice tests, but I think the biggest thing that helped me, was flash cards. I sat down and wrote them out for areas I wasn't too familiar with, and it really helped quite a bit. I have been studying for the last 3 weeks, with no prior experience in network security. The only other certs I have are A+, and Network+.
Now it's on to Cisco...
Good luck!
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sprkymrk
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Great job! (finally I was the first to congratulate someone...)
An 820 is more than respectable. Trick questions and poorly worded ones can throw off the smartest people in the world, and from what I have heard the Sec+ is full of questions like that.All things are possible, only believe. -
jase67
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You aren't kidding about the badly worded questions. I even had a question about securing mail relay on a Unix server, if you find an \etc\mail\relay directory, and your server is constantly being used for relaying to non-authorized domains. I think I probably missed that one. -
jburn
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Congrats man! I to had quite a few questions on attacks, I forgot to mention this in my post earlier.
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seuss_ssues
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jase67 wrote:You aren't kidding about the badly worded questions. I even had a question about securing mail relay on a Unix server, if you find an \etc\mail\relay directory, and your server is constantly being used for relaying to non-authorized domains. I think I probably missed that one.
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eclowney
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Congrats and you passed; that's what matters........
Thanks for the scoop as I'm studying for this test as I write!"Comfort is the Enemy of Achievement"
Go For IT!
