I was going to pass on this because my comments are somewhat off-topic, but...
I have respect for the people who earn the cert, but it disgusts me. "Certified Ethical Hacker" implies something I do not believe, and which I find offensive. Ptacek summed it up pretty well a few years ago: ""ethical hacker" is an offensive term, implying the obvious about those who don't have the cert." There may be some value to the training and cert, and I encourage people to do the right thing for their careers. <dismounts his high-horse> Jack On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Butturini, Russell < [email protected]> wrote: > I second Herndon’s sentiments. I am biased because I sit on the EC Council > continuing education board, but even before I joined that I was impressed > with the content and depth of the CEH certification. It really requires a > broad knowledgebase to be successful on the exam. > > > > You have to start somewhere, and either of these two would be good starting > points. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Herndon Elliott > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 04, 2010 8:36 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Pauldotcom] Opinions on certs security/network > > > > > Ive looked at CEH and security+ and just laughed. > > > > If you are laughing at CEH, then I think you have become a bit jaded! The > CEH cert is not easy, and is fairly well-respected in my experience. There > are no certs that will be universal.....there is always some staleness in > every certification due to the nature of the necessary standardized testing, > leadtime for development etc. But the CEH, IMHO, is one of the better ones > if you are after a technical cert. Otherwise, just commit some high-profile > break-in, serve your time, then use that street cred as your certification. > Good luck with that. > > Herndon Elliott, CISSP > Madison, Al > "Washington is broken and we need clear leaders and patriots, not polished > political hacks." -- Ginni Thomas > > ****************************************************************************** > This email contains confidential and proprietary information and is not to be > used or disclosed to anyone other than the named recipient of this email, > and is to be used only for the intended purpose of this communication. > ****************************************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > -- ______________________________________ Jack Daniel, Reluctant CISSP http://twitter.com/jack_daniel http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackadaniel http://blog.uncommonsensesecurity.com
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