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> In any event, I'd recommend putting as little stock in most
> certifications as you can stand. MOST people with CCIEs or
> CISSPs, in my experience, are going to be clueful, but definitely
> not so with many others. For the MCP, CCNA, and CCSE, a good
> indicator is how the bearer perceives the cert. A person with a
> CCNA who admits, "If you can't get a CCNA, you shouldn't be near
> a firewall," or someone who tells you right away, "Well, the CCSE
> certs were just given out for attending a 4-day class," is at least
> being honest about it. (And is shrewd enough to note that such
> paper really does NOT make the candidate.)
I have a CCNA, but it covers essentially nothing about firewalls, just what
is TCP/IP and what are the common used Cisco commands and ....
I think it's just a step in a good direction, having the knowledge and to
have a standard certification that the industrie and even HR people
understand.
Erwin
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