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Feb. 27, 2008: Vol. 9, Issue 7
Editor: Becky Nagel (bnagel 1105media.com)
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In this issue:
1) DULANEY ON CERTS
- Microsoft Training = Success?
- Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist
- Book of the Week: 'Linux Bible' 2008 Edition
2) ZUBAIR'S TIP O' THE WEEK: RESTORING 'RUN AS
ADMINISTRATOR' FOR
VISTA SHORTCUTS
3) FROM THE FORUMS: TELNET TO REMOTE SWITCH, DNS CALL
ROUTING, MORE
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1) DULANEY ON CERTS
By Emmett Dulaney
MICROSOFT TRAINING = SUCCESS?
Lutz Ziob, the general manager of Microsoft Learning,
answered some
questions recently on the need for Windows Server 2008
training and
certification. In the interview, Ziob compares IT
professionals today
(unsung heroes) to "the men and women who designed and
built the
physical infrastructure that fueled" much of this era's
social and
economic progress. Some the other quotes of note include:
"The more knowledge you have of our software, the
better equipped you
are to exploit its full capabilities."
"Since 2006, we've seen the number of Microsoft
Certified
Professionals grow by almost 30 percent."
"...in the coming months we will launch a new testing
experience based
on the Windows Server Hypervisor technology."
"We've been moving toward the practical,
scenario-based testing model
since 2005, but Virtualization will allow us to do some
great new
things. I think it will revolutionize the testing
experience because
the real world scenarios and tasks will basically become
the test."
Check out the interview at Microsoft's site; it's well-worth
a read.
http://tinyurl.com/2g64wb
RED HAT CERTIFIED DATACENTER SPECIALIST
The Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification has long
been
considered one of the best Linux certifications in the
industry due
to the rigor of its hands-on exam. In addition to some
certificates
of "expertise" that are available, Red Hat has now
added the Red Hat
Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS).
To obtain this certification, you must pass three of the
expertise
exams:
- EX401 Deployment, Virtualization, and Systems Management
- EX423 Directory Services and Authentication
- EX436 Clustering and Storage Management
Each expertise exam is similar to the RHCE exam in that it's
hands-on
and will last between four and eight hours. The exams cost
$749 if
taken by themselves, or you can save $200 by taking them in
conjunction with a class.
More information on the RHCDS certification can be found
here:
http://www
.redhat.com/certification/rhcds/
BOOK OF THE WEEK: 'LINUX BIBLE' 2008 EDITION
Christopher Negus' "Linux Bible" is one of those
rare books that you
end up repurchasing each year because it's the best way to
stay on
top of the latest information on many distributions. The
2008 edition
(http://tinyurl.com/ytqvtj) keeps up the tradition and includes both
a DVD and CD with the most current distributions as of press
time, including:
- BackTrack
- Coyote Linux
- Damn Small Linux
- Debian GNU/Linux
- Fedora
- Freespire
- Gentoo Linux
- INSERT
- Puppy Linux
- KNOPPIX
- Mandriva One
- openSUSE
- Slackware
- SLAX
- Ubuntu
In the interest of disclosure, I'm listed as a technical
editor on
the book, but all that means is that I ran through a number
of
chapters before the book went to print and made a few
suggestions
here and there. No one but Negus could've compiled such a
complete
reference that walks through 16 different Linux
distributions
without pulling their hair out.
To comment, go to:
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Emmett Dulaney is the author of several books on Linux,
Unix, and
certification, including the Security+ Study Guide, Third
Edition. He
can be reached at edulaneyinsightbb.com.
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2) ZUBAIR'S TIP O' THE WEEK: RESTORING 'RUN AS
ADMINISTRATOR' FOR
VISTA SHORTCUTS
QUESTION:
I've been running Windows Vista as a non-administrator
account and
have configured some shortcuts on my desktop. Why is the
"Run as
Administrator" option no longer available to me?
ANSWER:
You may have turned off the User Account Control (UAC)
feature. UAC
allows you to log in as a standard user and perform most of
the tasks,
without requiring the administrative privileges. This
enhances
security by reducing the attack surface of the operating
system.
If you disable UAC, the non-administrators won't be able to
use the
"Run as Administrator" option when they click the
shortcuts. Instead,
clicking the shortcuts will run the applications as the
standard user.
If you want to restore the "Run as Administrator"
option for your
shortcuts, you need to enable UAC. Although clicking on the
UAC
prompts may sometimes seem like a nuisance, turning UAC off
isn't
recommended.
To comment, go to:
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-- Zubair Alexander, MCSE, MCT, MCSA and Microsoft MVP, is
the owner
of SeattlePro Enterprises, an IT training and consulting
business.
His experience covers a wide range: trainer, consultant,
systems
administrator, security architect, network engineer, author,
technical editor, college instructor and public speaker.
Zubair holds
more than 18 technical certifications and bachelor of
science
degrees in aeronautics and astronautics engineering,
mathematics
and computer information systems. His Web site,
www.techgalaxy.net,
is dedicated to technical resources for IT professionals.
Zubair may
be reached at alexandertechgalaxy.net.
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3) FROM THE FORUMS: TELNET TO REMOTE SWITCH, DNS CALL
ROUTING, MORE
The following posts were made to our forums recently by IT
professionals like yourself. To post your own comments,
please
register with the forums.
To respond to one of these posts or find out more, go to the
link under each post. To read our other posts and start a
thread of your own, go to http://certcities.com/f
orums/
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*Cannot Telnet to Remote Switch* (CCNA/CCNP Forum)
rsayakhom writes:
"After configuring router on a stick, I can no longer
telnet into the
switch that is trunked to the router. I am pulling my hair
out because
I have lost remote telnet due to this router on a stick
configuration.
Switch A has VLANs, all of with can communicate perfectly.
The switch
cannot ping the router and the router cannot ping the
switch. But VLAN
routing works fine. What could cause the switch to not be
reachable
through telnet ONLY after this configuration?"
Read the entire post and responses (3 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=5905
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*Cisco Security Agent -- DNS Call Routing* (Cisco -- Other
Forum)
"We have multi-homed two network card PC that need CSA
configuration. We
have an application that runs off a browser that connects to
our
network. First of all, we are having this problem because
there is no
Internet access on our network. Furthermore, I have two
network cards
connected to two different networks on each PC requiring to
connect to
our network. We need to get to a point where my DNS call
will run
through our dedicated network card and not through other
network card.
Furthermore, the issue I am having is that when program
launches using
the DNS adress through the browser, Windows attempts to
contact
VeriSign.com. The subsequent DNS call creates an extended
timeout that
causes our program to launch slowly..."
Read the entire post and responses (1 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=5855
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*IBM Tivoli Maximo Certification* (General Certification
Discussion)
rstein6 writes:
"Anyone familiar with IBM Tivoli Maximo V6 Software for
Enterprise
Asset Mgt (EAM) systems and how to become trained and/or
certified
with deploying/installing it? Or even free information/demos
for it?"
Read the entire post and responses (4 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=5
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