* Tillman Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-16 09:52]: > 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
Agreed. Some sort of proctoring will make sure we are testing the person. Not the persons guru friend. We've kicked around ideas about proctoring. Some options are costly. Thinking broadly- what options do you see? Jim B. _______________________________________________ BSDcert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
