Re: [Full-Disclosure] Training & Certifications

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Date: 04/04/04

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    To: keydet89@yahoo.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, purdy@tecman.com
    Date: Sun,  4 Apr 2004 08:21:37 -0700
    
    

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    Letters after a name are just that, letters. Anybody can take tests,
    spend countless hours in a classroom but at the end of the day not retain
    a single thread of information.

    We'll use Curt as the example here as he seems to have a lot of letters.

    Curt, you didn't define the case scenario for the first thing you do
    on a windows box.

    One would hate to reboot a box and lose any valuable evidence of an intruder
    or otherwise incriminating material.

    Depending on the circumstances:

    One might, make a complete copy of the the system
    Unplug it from the network

    Curt, it sounds like you come from an extensive background in computer
    building and repair. Just look at the letters after your name, MCSE+I,
     CNE, CCDA ....

    While I've never actually attempted the following "only because the guys
    in the company don't give me the authority to do so"

    Setup a system with vulnerabilites known to you only. When interviewing
    potential Security Experts, Hackers or thiefs ask them to either

    A. Penatrate the box
    B. Secure the Box
    C. Perform Digital Forensics
    D. Throw it out the window

    Don't limit interviews to an hour or two when hiring for the above mentioned
    positions.

    And finally, try

    networksthatknow.com
    fuckcisco.com

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    >Like the ones behind my name ;) Actually the one I've always wanted,

    > CCIE,
    >I'll likely never get because of the time and resources you need
    >to dedicate
    >to it.
    >
    >> "What is the
    >> > first thing you do with a Windows box and the last
    >> > thing you do with a *NIX
    >> > box when you have trouble?" Answer: reboot.
    >>
    >> In the real world, rebooting a Windows
    >> box isn't the first thing you should be doing.
    >
    >Oh contraire, the first thing we do when we go onsite to work on
    >windows box
    >is ask my client to reboot it first, particularly if it is a server,

    > as
    >occassionally they they do not come back up, and we do not want
    >to be blamed
    >just because the OS is unstable (we have never had a problem with
    >*NIX or
    >Netware, or AS/400 for that matter). Also 90% of the time, that
    >simple
    >rebooting fixes the problem they had (again attributal to a flaky
    >OS). Of
    >course if this is a production that is still online and working,
    > we arrange
    >to do this off-hours. This is the reason all our in-house servers
    >are UNIX
    >and Netware and 90% of our desktops are Linux (I prefer SuSe from
    >a security
    >standpoint.)
    >
    >Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
    >Information Security Engineer
    >DP Solutions
    >
    >----------------------------------------
    >
    >If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked.
    >What's more, you deserve to be hacked.
    >-- White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke
    >
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