From: Howard C. Berkowitz (hcb@gettcomm.com)
Date: Sun Sep 26 2004 - 13:37:29 GMT-3
At 9:32 PM +1000 9/26/04, marc van hoof wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
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>Long time no post.
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>Well, since passing the R&S track I've been having withdrawal symptoms due
>to not studying anymore, so I'm tempted to do either the SP or the Sec track
>next. I'd be interested in hearing people's feedback on both of these, from
>people who are either currently studying for them, or people who have passed
>them.
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>I found the R&S lab exam easy, however there's technologies in both the SP
>and Sec tracks that I haven't had as much exposure too, so that will
>obviously make it a little tougher.
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If your interest is economic, I would recommend security. There is a
clear need for certified security people by Cisco resellers. OTOH, if
you are interested in security, the CISSP may be a more valuable
certification.
The "service provider" track is one that I find a somewhat misleading
concept. In general, the technologies on which it focuses are of
value to dial or broadband access providers, but not ISPs. My
experience in the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG)
leads me to believe that very few ISPs particulary care if you have a
CCIE or not -- indeed, I've had some express concern about it since
the BGP in the lab is so divorced from Best Current Practice that it
may have taught you the wrong way to do things.
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