On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:41:29AM +0100, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:38:04 +0000, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > while a Q&A based exam is probably going to need to run on Windows if we
> > want the likes of VUE/Prometric to run it.
>
> Could it not be web-based?
>
> It would then work on just about any platform that supports a web browser.
There's a difference between validating credentials and validating
identity. If we allow folks to use a web browser from any old location
we'd only be able to validate credentials ... and successfully passing a
userid/password check doesn't actually mean we're testing the person we
think we're testing.
Leaving the whole minefield of cheaters aside, it would be too open to
gaming. For example, I'd love to get my cat certified in something :-)
(Heck, she hangs out cententedly with me on long hacking sessions all
the time, she deserves /some/ kind of recognition *grin*)
I'm sad for my cat's sake, but I think I'd prefer a certification that
took identity confirmation seriously. Unfortunately, I think that means
that we either need to use a CISSP-like proctoring scheme or leverage an
existing organizations like the VUE/Prometric "receptionist checks your
ID" model.
-T
--
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been
sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful,
rebellious, and immature."
-- Tom Robbins (1936 - )
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