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From: dufresne at winternet.com (Ron DuFresne)
Subject: MCSE training question

	[SNIP]

>
>    If I'm being operated on, I want an MD operating on me, I don't want
> someone that "can perform the operation" without passing the exams to get
> the MD.....
>

Actualy, you might prefer someone that not only has the MD appended, but
actual operating experience, rather then someone familiar with the
concepts of surgery.

Letters appended to a sig merely mean there is a general understanding of
braod concepts, along with the ability to pass an exam.  It speaks nothing
to the ability to put those concepts to work in a given realm or area of
actual work.  I'm still amazed at the number of cissp's that  have the
cert, yet can't tell the difference between a connectionless protcol and
one that is connection oriented.  I'm constantly being tapped by those
cissp's that are charged with doing network scans, and insist that if they
can't openly scan the systems I maintain then there are 'hidden'
vulnerabilities they need tofind, they don't iunderstand the fact that
they might not beable to openly scan due to restrictions on the system
itself, which are part of the security layering as a whole, that mitigate
potential risks.  So , we open tcpd. portsentry and the other tools that
are in place, and still  find these folks convinced that since their fav
scanner is not noting anything of significance, that there must be
something I'm hiding from their 'observations'.  Course, open up a service
port, never mind what listener might be behind it, and wait to see how
they interpret and investigate 'what they think they might have found' and
watch the canned reports pushed to management about the open holes waiting
exploitation.

The actual value of a certification in these cert happy times of economic
recovery tend to mean less and less as we push folks through the process
as fast as we can 'bootcamp' them into testing mode.

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity.  It
eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the
business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart
	***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***

OK, so you're a Ph.D.  Just don't touch anything.