Re: One step ahead of Hurricane Earl...

Well done sir!

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM, --Hammer-- <bhmccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats Brian
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> On 9/2/2010 10:23 PM, Brian Landers wrote:
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>> The proctors in Beijing have kindly informed me that I passed CCIE
>> Security in RTP today. In a bit of irony, this week includes trips to
>> both RTP and Miami: you'd think it would be obvious on which trip I'd
>> have to worry about a hurricane. Guess again!
>>
>> Some random notes
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>> - Kelly (the *awesome* proctor in RTP) said that Roman R. has already
>> taken SP Operations at least once. Pretty soon he's going to be
>> tripping over the CCIE ribbons on his Cisco Live badge.
>>
>> - still plain old SecureCRT w/o tabs for Security (console server or
>> individual windows). Hint: bind F6 to \036x to switch between
>> console sessions
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>> - the candidate PC bogs down quite badly if you have a ton of IE
>> windows open. I was having to close/re-open quite a bit. Loading
>> very large pages like the ASA error message guide took at least 60
>> seconds to render.
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>> - no more CCIE Storage exams in RTP. As soon as San Jose finishes
>> testing their pod, the equipment will be removed (which would have
>> been nice today since it's right next to the Security cubicles and
>> quite loud).
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>> - CCIE Wireless is live in RTP. The only local equipment is a 7921
>> phone and its AP. Everything else is in SJC.
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>> - according to Kelly, they do NOT reload your gear before grading.
>> They grade it exactly as you leave it at the end of the day. Only
>> would be reloaded for a re-grade.
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>> - In the past, if you dared to denigrated the Green Bay Packers, you
>> would either automatically fail or Howard would sneak onto your pod at
>> lunch and change things. Kelly is a NC State Wolfpack fan. Fair
>> warning.
>>
>> - if it's not obvious, the previous was a joke!
>>
>> My preparation
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>> - IPX and INE volume 1 technology labs. Mostly reading and re-reading
>> the solutions
>> - IPX volume 2 full labs
>> - IPX video walkthroughs. Brandon did an incredible job with these,
>> especially vol. 2
>> - IPX audio bootcamp
>>
>> also
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>> - Yusuf's practice labs from Cisco Press, plus the one he gave at
>> Cisco Live. Very, very highly recommended that you use these. They
>> definitely give a feel for how the actual exams are written.
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>> - for OEQ and general knowledge, the Cisco Press flashcards are solid
>> but I didn't like that they're online-only. I played around with
>> creating an iPad version using Mental Case, but never finished it. I
>> also spent quite a bit of time reading Yusuf's "Network Security
>> Technologies and Solutions" book.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> B*
>>
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>> --
>> Brian C Landers
>> http://www.packetslave.com/
>> CCIE #23115 (R&S + Security)
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