Does the Linux Essentials exam test a sysadmin? No.

Again, it's important to keep the 'Essentials' aspect in mind.

- bjs

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On Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 08:52 Anselm Lingnau <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bryan Smith wrote:
>
> > > After all, security topics are covered in great detail in the Security
> > > Essentials exam, given that we see the Essentials exams as
> complementary,
> > > Security Essentials would be a better place for these topics.
> >
> > That's what's been most impressive with the current Essentials program
> > approach ... the 'breakout' of the various, 'essential' SMEs into
> > their own objectives (and exams).  I think it's working very, very
> > well so far.
>
> The only problem here is that security in particular shouldn't be left to
> the
> “security people”. Everyone should know about potential security issues in
> their own area of expertise.
>
> In any case there doesn't seem to be anything about the typical security
> issues with web-based applications in the current “Security Essentials”
> draft.
> So if we accept the “Web Development Essentials” objects as they are, we
> will
> unleash a cadre of certified “web developers” who – even if they have also
> taken our “Security Essentials” – have never heard about header injection,
> session hijacking, XSS, or CSRF. What could possibly go wrong?
>
> Anselm
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