Archive for the ‘SANS’ category

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Why use old tools in the GSE?

October 7, 2010

A great question was posted to one of the SANS’ lists on the practical requirements I felt it was worth while publishing as it covers and answers a question I though about but never asked. The Question: I’ve just had a quick look at the site you link to and would be interested to know [...]

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SANS Network Security 2010

October 7, 2010

Las Vegas was hot, darned hot. The average temperature was a blistering 38C, without promise of clouds, rain or even a cool breeze. None of this really mattered to me as for nine days I was a virtual prisoner of Caesars Palace, doomed to only see the outside sunlight though glimpses out of windows, doorways [...]

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The GSE Practical Exam 2010

September 28, 2010

Months of waiting, debating about what might occur, what they may ask, what would be required and the occasional bits of study all came to a head on Saturday the 19th of September 2010, in Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States of America. I got there two days before, in a vague [...]

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GSE – Last week before the off

September 13, 2010

Now in the week of the GSE exam, how did that happen so quickly? I know of another six people take are taking the GSE in Las Vegas, so the biggest group of GSE candidates, to date, all in one room and hungry for the SANS platinum qualification. Well, except for me – I’m really [...]

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Blundering on the CLI

August 25, 2010

Much to my own amusement, I’m still crashing around Linux like the proverbial bull in a china shop. One of the odd things about working in an OS that you hardly ever use is there’s no “where is everything and how do I use it” button. Google brings up fifty ways to do the same [...]