Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling

Thanks Ernesto... that site was one of the first five or so that I
looked at. He's not in there.

Humphrey

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Ernest McCaleb <emccaleb_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Humphrey,
>
> Be 99.99999% sure he's a fraud. Everyone with a CCIE is located somewhere
> on the Internet associated with their number.
>
> Take a look at this link also:
> http://www.cciehof.com/
>
> 42,
>
> Ernest McCaleb
>
> - My god, it's full of stars
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Humphrey Cheung <not5150_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is a strange situation at my friend's company... wanted to get
>> some ideas. I'm helping him verify the status of a supposed CCIE.
>> I'll keep the names anonymous.
>>
>> Company hires new network admin
>> Network has crashed dozens of times since the new guy has been hired
>> Network admin claims to be a CCIE
>> Network admin doesn't divulge a number... doesn't sign his emails with
>> his number, doesn't have his number on LinkedIn
>> Looking at the guy's job history, he's worked at big name company's...
>> but generally lasts less than a year
>> Quick Google/LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/etc search shows no hits for
>> his name and anything saying CCIE or a number (permutations of first
>> name and common nicknames were used in the search just in case we were
>> missing anything)
>> Since there's no number, can't use the Cisco verification tool because
>> it requires a first/last name, cert type and number
>>
>> Any pointers on where else to look? I think we're about 90% sure this
>> guy isn't a CCIE... but I think there's no actual smoking gun that
>> says, "this first name and last name is not and never has been a CCIE"
>>
>> I'm at Cisco Live until Thursday evening.. if you want to unicast me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Humphrey Cheung, CISSP #365719, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP
>>
>> @humphreycheung
>>
>> www.warjumper.com
>> www.routergods.com
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/routergods
>>
>>
>> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>>
>> _______________________________________________________________________
>> Subscription information may be found at:
>> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

-- 
Humphrey Cheung, CISSP #365719, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP
@humphreycheung
www.warjumper.com
www.routergods.com
http://www.youtube.com/routergods
Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net