RE:Ethical Hacking Courses

["George Milliken" <gmilliken () farm9 com>]

Talisker,

Hello, we meet again!

farm9.com offers "Hacking 101" a course in current attacks and
countermeasures for sys admins.  2 days, $895.00  Best value for the
money/time.  Offered in sunny Oakland Calif.

SANS doesn't get you anything like what we teach (I know, I've been to 5
SANS courses, no knock to the fine folks at SANS).  farm9 teaches hands on
(1 computer per pupil).

DEFCON is a party, it's advertised as such.  If you can stay sober you might
learn something at DEFCON.  Lately the crowds have made that impossible.
Black Hat might be more of a learning experience, but it backs right up to
DEFCON on the calendar, and Vegas ain;t the best place to concentrate.

Yes I am biased, I work for the company <g>.


Regards,

George Milliken, CEO
farm9.com, Inc.
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Ethical Hacking Courses
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:47:13 +0100
From: "Talisker" <Talisker () networkintrusion co uk>
To: "Penetration Testers" <PEN-TEST () securityfocus com>

Hi

I'm currently looking at the various ethical hacking courses that are on
the
market.

Are there any thoughts from you pen testing gurus about which is the
best.
I've heard about the ISS Ethical Hacking Course and Foundstones Ultimate
Hacking Course, both are 4 days and similar in price, are there any
others?

Would it be better value to mix and match at Sans or attend Defcon, has
anyone out there compared the merits of the various courses.

Take Care
Andy
URLs purposefully suppressed, had my monthly quota  ;o)