Re: Check Point FireWall-1 and CCSA

From: Wayne McGlinn (wayne.mcglinn_at_nospam.didata.com.au)
Date: 10/23/03 

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:27:32 +1000

"Beoweolf" <Beoweolf-spam@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:y8xlb.1758$yr6.44887068@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
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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