Matthew et al. One topic that seems to be missing from the future exams is email.
I do not probably have the skills required to become the lead on this topic but to stretch the knowledge of the candidates I see the following topics: MTAs Sendmail Postfix ?? Protocols SMTP POP IMAP ESMTP Secure POP, IMAP Security Certificates Encryption Virus scanner (ClamAV*) Spam (spamassasin*) Email Clients Reading the discussions on Samba and requiring client configuration knowledge. This topic could also have the issue of including or not including configuration of email "client" software. * These 2 because they are OSS. However the exam may not include specific scanners but how the MTAs allow integration of these type of scanners. Cheers Jim Jim Pye Master CNE, CNI, Novell CDE, LPIC-1 http://www.pyenet.co.nz On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 17:54 -0400, G. Matthew Rice wrote: > Hi guys, > > Let me offer a quick introduction. I'm the recently christened person > responsible for exam development at LPI. I've worked with various people at > LPI since its inception, including the exam development team and volunteers. > > I really like the excitement here. It really shows how much pent up > interest there is in doing LPIC-3. > > Let me clear a few things up before I jump into the fray on other threads, > too. > > > The First Exams > > The first two exams have the general topics of 'LDAP' and 'Samba'. This came > out of some direct market research and interviews with some of LPI's biggest > clients (read: companies with a large number of LPI certified professionals). > > This is not going to be the extent of the exams for 'LPIC-3'. Just the > beginning. What is expected from these two exams is the ability for > successful exam takers to demonstrate a thorough knowledge in these areas. > > This also (to me) includes related technologies. > > > What is Important/Covered? > > Should there be some LDAP in Samba? Or some Samba in LDAP? Or some PAM in > LDAP or Samba or??? > > The answer is a definite maybe :) > > Seriously, though. We are still at the dart board stage in the development > of these exams. The darts being a list of tasks that an IT professional > would have to perform around these technologies. > > This means that nothing is ruled out. Where things get ruled out or, more > precisely, honed and weighted is during the JTA (Job Task Analysis) phase. > The JTA is where everyone on the planet (with a browser) can vote on how > important, how frequent and at what level each tasks is to them. > > If most people think that LDAP related Samba tasks aren't terribly useful, > they'll get a low vote and correspond to little or no coverage in the final > exams. > > > Where is LPIC-3 Going? > > This will undoubtedly lead to some more heated conversations. And I'd like > to hear everyone's opinion on it. My personal opinion (at least for today) > is that we should continue with the original 'pass any two level 3 exams and > you get an LPIC-3 certification' idea that was proposed by the creators of > the LPIC-1/LPIC-2 programs. > > _However_, I also like the idea of creating 'bundles' of level 3 exams that > would qualify you for 'advanced' certifications like a Security Specialist or > Infrastructure Something or LPICA (LPI Certified Architect ;). > > I also like the idea of an OSS Developer track that parallels the LPIC track. > I've sort of been thinking of something like: > > LPID-1 (LAMP developer) > LPID-2 (OSS developer) > > > Anyway, feel free to comment on things about the future of LPIC-3, LPID (LPI > Developer), hands on testing. I'll try to participate as much as possible in > those discussions. However, my main focus this year is on getting those > first two exams complete and out the door. > > More in other threads. > > Regards, _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
