On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 00:12 +0200, Dimitrios Bogiatzoules, Product Developer wrote: > I'd like to hear some opinions about this topic because it may have > influence on the task list. For example we proposed a "configure > clients" as a task but in most cases the clients are machines running > windows, so that it could make sense to ask for an MC?? certificate for > that tasks...
[ NOTE: This response is written more as a "quote to use" than a discussion, so excuse any "flaunting" of select credentials. ] I can tell you with _great_ experience that people who know Samba _know_ the NTLM/Kerberos authentication, SMB network filesystem, and NetBIOS/WINS/DNS naming protocols _far_better_ than their MCSE (let alone MCSA) equivalents. The MCSA/MCSE exams -- including even 2003 -- are very _non_-technical when it comes to how SMB, NTLM/Kerberos and NetBIOS/WINS/DNS actually work, issues, debugging, etc... Samba _forces_ you to understand them, how they work and how to debug them. There have even been security issues with SMB handshake and other issues that Samba has caught that native Windows servers that blindly let through (incompletely authenticated). In other words, Samba _experts_ understand how Microsoft protocol's work _better_ than those MCSA/MCSE certified. I tell you this as someone with _current_ MCSA/MSCE, including the Security specialty, credentials taking and passing over 10 exams (i.e., I've taken upgrade and additional exams over just a "base" MCSA/MCSE tracks). -- Bryan J. Smith, LPIC-1/2, MCSA/MCSE:Security, RHCE Contributing Author, "Samba Unleashed" -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------- The existence of Linux has far more to do with the breakup of AT&T's monopoly than anything Microsoft has ever done. _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
