Re: Check Point FireWall-1 and CCSA

From: Richard H Miller (rick_at_bcm.tmc.edu)
Date: 10/24/03 

Date: 24 Oct 2003 04:10:39 GMT

Beoweolf (Beoweolf-spam@pacbell.net) wrote:
: 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.

But both the documentation contained on the release CD and the current courseware
reflect NG AI. The latest release of the Boson tests also state they are based
on NG AI.

The bottom line is that by taking courses now and/or using the current software
for a period of time should give you sufficient skills to past the test. The
checkpoint exams are becoming less of 'paper' certifications and more tuned to
enabling people who actually work with the product to pass the test. Why, given
the availability of the documentation, courseware and software, should checkpoint
wait to certify on the current release until 3rd party people upgrade their
material.

Looking at the coverage for the new CCSA exam, it appears that points about
smart defense will be covered plus soem basics of the AI. I suspect that someone
who has the recommended six months of actual experiance and the release notes for
AI would have no problem with that part and the rest should be pretty much what
has been in the previous test, how to configure a rule base, how user authentication
works and other basic things.