Certified Ethical Hacker Exam

[hmind]

Re: Certified Ethical Hacker Exam

Nice article :) Well I kinda figured that, but the cert may look good on the college resume... I don't know, i might as well take it and use it when its appropriate, I paid for the course.

Btw, I did not learn "how to hack" from the course, I learned all that the hard way (via the web). I'm aware all the contents are basically "script-kiddy" stuff and I also believe the cert stuff is a bunch of crap (ever since I saw my friend get the "Microsoft Word" certification =P ), but I wonder if colleges really think that or they would take it as "proof" of that knowledge...

[Greyhatter]

Re: Certified Ethical Hacker Exam

We periodically get CEH folks who submit their resumes here at work, and to be blunt, we mock them relentlessly then round-file their resumes.

Yep, round filed:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/...cadvise_1.html

"A Yahoo! News/Reuters story discusses students in Los Angeles paying $4,000 to attend 'Hacker College' and become 'Certified Ethical Hackers'. Apparently: 'Instructors race through topics like symmetric versus asymmetric key cryptography (symmetric is faster), war dialing (hackers will always call late at night) and well-known TCP ports and services (be wary of any activity on Port 0)', and the president of the college: says 'What we attempt to do in our classes is teach how the hackers think.' Hmmm, perhaps 'Certified Script Kiddie' would be a more accurate designation."

[noid]

Re: Certified Ethical Hacker Exam

I cant comment as to any good practice tests, but I would really just avoid the CEH cert in general. Its another 'lets make money off the security industry' cert that, frankly, we already have enough of. At least a CISSP gets you recognition with the HR folks when pre-screening your resume. We periodically get CEH folks who submit their resumes here at work, and to be blunt, we mock them relentlessly then round-file their resumes.

[hmind]

Hey guys,

This is my first topic on this forum :) Basically I took the CEH course and I've been wanting to take the test for some time. However, I've been really cautious and kind of pushing it aside because it costs 200$ to take the test so I want to be sure I am well prepared.

I am pretty confident I know my stuff but the practice test from the course website (Quickcert) has some questions that kind of seem stupid like: "In Microsoft Windows Patch KB37839748, How did (insert program/function/method) change....". This I found stupid in either that: 1. It expected me to memorize all the patches made to windows ( 0.0 ). 2. It assumes I can look it up on the website which im pretty sure won't be the case during the test.

So my question is, has anyone here taken the test and could elaborate a bit on the type of questions given? Also if there are any recommended practice tests, please do link them.

Thanks in advance!,
Hmind