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April 16, 2008: Vol. 9, Issue 11
Editor: Becky Nagel (bnagel 1105media.com)
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In this issue:
1) DULANEY ON CERTS
- Demand and Supply, and Supply, and Supply...
- Windows Server 2008 MCITP Exams Available
- New Oracle Enterprise Linux Exam
- LPI Creating Security Exam
- Symantec Updating Exams
- (ISC)2 Scholarship Deadline Approaching
- Book of the Week: 'Network Security Technologies and
Solutions'
2) ZUBAIR'S TIP O' THE WEEK: CONFIGURING A CENTRAL EVENT
COLLECTOR COMPUTER
3) FROM THE FORUMS: CCNP/VOIP LAB QUESTION, FARM METRIC
SERVER
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1) DULANEY ON CERTS
By Emmett Dulaney
DEMAND AND SUPPLY, AND SUPPLY, AND SUPPLY...
According to a recent press release, more than 1 million
Cisco
certifications have been issued since the creation of the
program.
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_040908d.html
Mind you, this isn't the number of exams taken (many
certifications
require multiple exams), nor is it the number of attempts or
anything
else equally reasonable. Rather, this is the number of
certifications
actually issued -- and it's a number I find astounding.
Not only is 1 million greater than the population of many
small
countries, but out of that 1 million, "nearly
20,000" are for
CCIE -- the Ph.D. of Cisco certifications. This means that 2
percent
of all those holding Cisco certifications hold the highest
certification from that vendor (it's not clear how many of
those
certifications are current).
As large a number as 1 million is, it's not the frontrunner.
According
to Microsoft, 2,254,381 certifications have been issued
since the
certification program began in 1992, which averages to over
140,000
a year. Of those, 185 are certified as Microsoft Certified
Architects
(MCAs), currently the highest level of Microsoft
certification. Among
those with the second-highest level of certification -- the
Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) -- 113,454 are certified
in Windows
Server 2003, and over 685,000 are certified in older
technologies.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/certified.mspx
If you add together just those who've held either a
Microsoft or
Cisco certification, then factor it by the approximately 6
billion
people in the world, that means that on average, one of out
every
1,800 people has been certified. Add to that the "more
than one
million CompTIA certifications [that] have been earned
worldwide"
(http://www.comptia.org/
about/), the half-a-million certifications
that have come from Novell, the 50,000 from LPI and so on.
Before
you know it, the supply of certifications issued is
immeasurable.
Given this type of increase in supply, is it any wonder that
when
viewed in even the most simplistic, "Econ 101"
perspective, the
value of certification has gone down?
WINDOWS SERVER 2008 MCITP EXAMS AVAILABLE
Two key Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) exams on
Windows
Server 2008 became available this month. Those enrolled in
Microsoft's
"First to Know" program received
registration/savings information
through e-mail on:
- 70-646: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
h
ttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-646.mspx
- 70-647: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator
h
ttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-647.mspx
Domains and objectives can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/default.mspx
NEW ORACLE ENTERPRISE LINUX EXAM
Late last month, the Enterprise Linux Fundamentals exam from
Oracle
(exam 1Z0-402) went live. Consisting of 87 questions that
must be
answered in 120 minutes (with 57 correct to pass), the exam
is
administered through Prometric testing centers and costs
$195.
http://www.prometric.
com/oracle
The exam topics include shell basics, messaging, multi-user
concepts,
printing, process management and more. The complete list of
topics
and objectives can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/469mxn
LPI CREATING SECURITY EXAM
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced that
it's
creating an upper-level, vendor-neutral security exam to
become an
elective in the LPIC-3 (enterprise) certification track. The
exam
will go through beta testing at the end of this year and is
expected
to go live at the end of February 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/6egknh
Those interested in taking the beta exams when they become
available,
or in being a part of the exam's development, can sign up
here:
http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examde
v.
SYMANTEC UPDATING EXAMS
To keep the Symantec Certified Specialist certification
current,
many of the exams are in the process of being updated.
Currently,
becoming certified requires passing a single exam in a
specific area.
Plans are for the Specialist certification to continue in
that manner
are in the works, and upper-level certifications are being
added.
Among the first of the new exams, Veritas Storage Foundation
5.0
Administration for Unix (exam 250-250) is now available. It
consists
of 60 questions that must be answered within 90 minutes with
a
minimum score of 61 percent correct.
http://tinyurl.com/3mymsk
The exams are administered through Prometric testing centers
(http://www.prometri
c.com/symantec) and typically cost $150. More
information on the planned exams can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/3fsend
(ISC)2 SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE APPROACHING
April 30 marks this year's deadline for applying for the
Information
Security Scholarship.
http://certcities.com/editorial/news/story.asp?E
ditorialsID=1321
Up to eight full-time post-graduate students can receive
one-year
scholarships of up to $12,500 to help fund information
security
research projects. To qualify, you must be pursuing an
advanced
degree in information security at an accredited university.
This year's winners will be announced in June. According to
an (ISC)2
press release, last year's winners funded projects involving
"access
control; policy; network threat detection, analysis and
mitigation;
risk analysis; and cryptography."
More information on the scholarship can be found here:
h
ttps://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?page=11358
BOOK OF THE WEEK: 'NETWORK SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES AND
SOLUTIONS'
There can be little doubt that security is the word of the
year, as
indicated by the influx of new exams the updates to others.
One of the vendors with the most experience in this field is
Cisco,
and "Network Security Technologies and Solutions"
(http://tinyurl.com/4kjwlx), the new CCIE book from Cisco Press, is
worth more than a gander.
Coming in at just under 800 pages, it's an impressive digest
that
traverses the line between tutorial and reference book. The
25
chapters run the gamut of such topics as cryptography and
network
access control. Particularly strong are the chapters on
group
encrypted transport VPN, dynamic multi-point VPN, secure
socket
layer VPN and multi-protocol label switching VPN.
If you're looking for a book that will help you pass the
CCIE Security
exam, look no further. And if you're looking for a book for
any
lower-level security certification (Security+ from CompTIA,
for
example), you'll also find this text to be exactly what you
need.
To comment, go to:
http://certcities.com/editorial/columns/story.
asp?editorialsid=293
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: CONFIGURING A CENTRAL EVENT
COLLECTOR COMPUTER
QUESTION:
How can I collect events from various Windows Vista
computers to a
central event collector computer?
ANSWER:
You can use the new event-forwarding feature in Vista to
forward
events from multiple Vista computers to one central
collector
computer. Here's the procedure.
Assuming the computers are part of the domain and you have
administrative access to all the computers -- both source
and
destination -- you need to configure event subscriptions in
the Event
Viewer. I recommend using the domain administrator account.
First of all you need to configure the Windows Remote
Management
service. This service was first shipped in Windows Server
2003 R2 and
has been enhanced in Vista.
1. On the collector computer, as well as on all the source
computers,
go to the command prompt and type "winrm
quickconfig" (without the
quotes). Type Y and press enter to configure the
service. You'll
notice that it configures the Windows Remote Management
service,
creates a WinRM listenter and enables WinRM firewall
exception,
if necessary.
2. On the collector computer, configure the Windows Event
Collector
service by typing "WECutil QC" (again, without
quotes) at the
command prompt. Click Y to configure the service.
"QC" stands for
"quick config." You can type wecutil /? to see
other options.
3. Add the collector computer's computer account to the
local
Administrators group on all the source computers.
4. On the collector computer, start Event Viewer and click
on the
Subscriptions node.
5. Right-click Subscriptions and click Create Subscription.
If
Windows Event Collector service isn't running on the
computer,
you'll be prompted to configure and start the service.
Select Yes.
6. Type a name for the subscription.
7. Click Add to add the source Vista computers whose events
you want
to collect.
8. Click Select Events and choose the options you want.
9. Click the Advanced button and, under User Account,
select Specific
User. Enter the credentials for the user.
10. Click OK a couple of times to finish creating your
subscription.
You have now configured your central collector computer to
accept
forwarded events from other Vista computers.
To comment, go to:
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asp?EditorialsID=292
-- 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: CCNP/VOIP LAB QUESTION, FARM METRIC
SERVER
LICENSING, MORE
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*CCNP/VoIP Home Study Lab* (CCNA/CCNP)
rileymartin writes:
"I'm looking around to buy a Cisco Layer 3 switch for
my CCNP home
study lab and it seems like the WS-C3550-48-EMI is a good
choice. I
also want to learn Cisco VoIP but I don't know anything
about
equipment requirements for learning VoIP. Can anyone give me
some
recommendations? Should I buy a 3550 with PoE? Is there a
different
switch you would recommend? Thanks in advance for any
guidance you
can provide."
Read the entire post and responses (1 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=6015
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*Licensing the Farm Metric Server* (Citrix Forum)
hudsonmbg writes:
"I am having this error message: 'The Farm Metric
Server is
unlicensed.' I logged in to the Citrix Support site but I
don't
understand their explanation because I am running Citrix
Presentation
Server 4.5 and I am being told Resource Manager is available
to
MetaFrame XPe customers only.
I don't know if I have XPe, XPs or XPa licenses but I need
to get this
resolve before I am shown the door. Does anyone have any
idea how this
could be resolved?"
Read the entire post and responses (4 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=6011
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*Shell Script Command* (Oracle DBA Forum)
lg123 writes:
"I have a text file named information.txt which
contains information
about Oracle instances. I want to fetch data from that text
file and
want to display an output using shell script so that when I
execute
that shell script, it should read all data from
information.txt and
display an output like below. I will try to explain with an
example..."
Read the entire post and responses (0 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=6
032&pn=1
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