Security Basics: Re: Re: advice for CEH certification

[Mubin Shaikh <mubines () yahoo com>]

The best certification is GCIH from SANS..only cost
factor...does any one know about any scholarships or
sponsership available for doing this certification




--- Francois Yang <francois.y () gmail com> wrote:

> Or you can go for the OPST from OSSTMM which
> requires a lab exam to pass.
> it won't make you leet, but it will teach you some
> good basics.  Like
> all the other hacking or security classes, you can
> learn all that
> stuff on your own.
>
>
>
> On 16 Dec 2006 15:38:04 -0000,
> digigeek2004 () gmail com
> <digigeek2004 () gmail com> wrote:
> > About CEH v.5, all i can say is except a lot of
> "self study" added, there is nothing much improved
> in it. What have they really done? You expect a
> candidate to learn all that in 5 days? Also, if you
> are aware of a lesser known certification H3X from a
> body called 'orchidseven', i feel, most of CEH is
> flicked from it. Moreover, it takes a LAB exam to
> clear the H3X certification and feel its more better
> (my personal opinion only).
> > As far as industry is concerned, CEH is viewed as
> a course of 'script kiddies'. Every other kid who
> knows how to run Nessus claims to be a 'pen tester'
> and ethical hacker. If you just want another tag,
> clear it by reading dumps available from
> actualtests.com... but if you want to "stay" in job,
> you have to do it hands-on on your own.
> >
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