Re: Check Point FireWall-1 and CCSA

From: Beoweolf (Beoweolf-spam_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 10/24/03 

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:10:30 GMT

Again, not to belabor the point...my issue is not with NG, a known release.
If you will review each reply that I have made, I am specifically at issue
with NG-AI.

Do that same search on NG-AI or 156-210.4 or 156-310.4 .... there are no
publications specific to the "current" release, upon which the "current"
test is based.

"Wayne McGlinn" <wayne.mcglinn@nospam.didata.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f985dac$0$95048$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
> From Checkpoint's website: "Certifications are considered current if they
> are for the current major product release or the product release
immediately
> prior to the current release. As of July 10th, current certifications
> include Check Point 2000 and Check Point Next Generation" So, there's no
> need to update any Certification until a new major release.
> http://www.checkpoint.com/services/education/certification/faq/index.html
> Why none of the publishers have produced manuals? Doing a search on Amazon
> shows at least 2 books that deal with CCSA/CCSE NG. One is co-authored by
> Valerie Leveille, a long time respected CCSI (Checkpoint Instructor)
> My knowledge? I've been installing, maintaining and teaching Checkpoint
> since 3.0a. I'm also on the exam review committee for Checkpoint and was
on
> the courseware review committee for NG.
>
> Wayne McGlinn
> CCSI CCSE CCSA MCT MSCE MCNE
> Brisbane, Oz
>
> "Beoweolf" <Beoweolf-spam@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:xLNlb.2881$wj3.992@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> > You may have greater access to insider information, thanks for sharing
> your
> > insight. As noted in the previous post, personal observation and
> > opinion...speculation(?)... were the basis for several comments.
> >
> > Could you address why none of the major certification text publishers,
> > writers have a produced/provided manuals, text - anything specific to
> AI-NG?
> > As a general rule, industry insiders are given access major revisions,
so
> > they can provide support, again from observation...that doesn't appear
to
> be
> > the case in this release.
> >
> > There are many paths to competence, attending training classes (ATC) is
> only
> > one. Many candidates choose not to attend formal classes due to work
> > commitments, costs, time management, dearth of competent training sites
> with
> > in a reasonable distance...the list goes on. The recommended "seat" time
> > before attempting the exam was not at issue. Bringing it up only
obscures
> > the real issue.The question seems to focus on giving the interested
> > (candidates, third party, service industry) audience sufficient time to
> > react to and plan for the change over.
> >
> > There is no reason to doubt your point of view, but as much as previous
> post
> > indicated their source was opinion...could you reveal the source of your
> > information?
> >
> > "Wayne McGlinn" <wayne.mcglinn@nospam.didata.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:3f9758ba$0$95042$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
> > >
> > > "Beoweolf" <Beoweolf-spam@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > > news:y8xlb.1758$yr6.44887068@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> > > <snip>
> > > Further, these changes seem to
> > > > be strongly linked to the revelations of the 2000 security
conference,
> > as
> > > is
> > > > he development of NG-AI and the new test/certifications so hastily
> > > > implemented.
> > >
> > > The development of NG-AI tests were planned and executed over about 6
> > > months, certainly not hastily as you suggest. The pool of test
questions
> > > from FP3 was supplemented with the new features of AI. As for the
> > > "revelations of the 2000 security conference" that was to do only with
> > 4.1.1
> > > (Checkpoint 2000), nothing at all with the new code in NG. The cd is
> > readily
> > > available from resellers, try, you'll be surprised. On the cd, under
the
> > > Docs directory are all the .pdf's needed to setup and administer the
> > > firewall. The CCSA Certification is aimed at Checkpoint Firewall
> > > Administrators with 6 months hands-on experience, not someone who
picks
> up
> > a
> > > book, reads and then passes the exam.
> > >
> > > Wayne McGlinn
> > > Brisbane, Oz
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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