Re: Check Point FireWall-1 and CCSA

From: Beoweolf (Beoweolf-spam_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 10/23/03

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    Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:07:25 GMT

    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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