When you say course do you mean a class at a college or technical school?
IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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either or .
xXMASHERXx
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The only requirement to take the Network+ is paying for the exam. A course would help but in my opinion you can go through a book and some YouTube videos and pass.
Have been thinking about getting into IT for awhile but wasn't really sure what I wanted to do.
Anyone work in data storage? Are the SNIA certs worth pursuing?
Also how easy is it to learn Linux? I got a free computer from my community college a couple years ago and just put Windows 8 on it bc I couldn't figure out how to use it.
Anyone work in data storage? Are the SNIA certs worth pursuing?
Also how easy is it to learn Linux? I got a free computer from my community college a couple years ago and just put Windows 8 on it bc I couldn't figure out how to use it.
Network guys. Make sure you whitelist your CRL distribution points. 
Explain. Seems like something I haven't come across yet.Network guys. Make sure you whitelist your CRL distribution points.
Let's say your using adfs or something similar sts.
So you'll have your f5... A proxy server in the DMZ that doesn't have DNS and maybe a host file only allowing it to connect to specific endpoints. Then from there there's likely another firewall and f5 behind that routing traffic to your ADFS pool.
Without being too technical, allowing secure authentic from the internet for your users for let's say mobile devices.
When they connect to VIP and begin their TLS SSL handshake they'll need to Hit the CRL distribution point for your cert provider (allowing auth up the chain).
The distribution point it a URL e. G. Https://verifycert.certblah.net/dheiem.crl or something similar.
If you don't white list all the applicable endpoints you'll receive a timeout when creating the SSL handshake. You can see that in wireshark as a long wait during the client hello and then a RST ACK being returned with the handshake ever occurring because that IP is not whitelisted.
From the application you'll likely just see a 503.
Point being it can cause a headache for your service teams by something that should probably be audited when renewing certs etc. But without it you could find yourself with a catastrophic failures for remote/mobile users.
I didn't proof read this and wrote it drunk on my phone. Feel free to correct, edit, make the example work better.
Celebrating this win! Ayyye
I was going to devry but stopped. I'm trying to.not spend much more money
xXMASHERXx
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Why did you stop? Network+ can be earned with minimal money spent but you have to be able to focus and dedicate yourself to getting it.
Dudes was telling me it was a bad school no one hires from.
Julius Skrrvin
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The GSEC appears to be a good course and cert (just like anything SANS), however it is an infosec generalist cert. It is more technical minded than say, the CISSP or Sec+, but the former still carries more weight. The Sec+ serves as a solid entry level option that doesnt overwhelm the recipient with a shytload of info + helps qualify you for some DOD jobs.
If you're going to pay the stupid money for SANS, i'd go with something more advanced. GCIH, GPEN, GCIA, etc.
xXMASHERXx
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I've worked with people who've graduated from there. I personally think it would be better and cheaper to go to a CC and transfer to a state school.
I already have a UG degree so any benefits in terms of grants or FA is null for me. State school like what? What do your colleagues from say?