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We are going to begin training students for A+ cert and am wondering what types of hardware you use during the training. I'm talking the hands-on stuff not just simulations. Does anyone have a list of "nice to haves" they use for training? PC's, Laptops, switches, etc...

Are there any specific OS requirements also such as Windows or Linux servers to play with that anyone uses. I'd like to set up a nice lab that students can actually perform the required work.

Thanks for any input or suggestions you have.

j

Does anyone know if Certification Magazine has shut down? Their last article is dated June 24th and my emails to [email protected] have gone unanswered.

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I've been wanting to put together a cybersecurity or capture the flag challenge, or even better find something already created, to allow students to put into practice what they have learned. However, I'm not sure where to begin. The system would have to be virtual to allow the use of certain tools and I would like it to be a multi-user challenge.
Is this something that you have tried? Were you successful? Is there something that has already been created, as I don't want to "recreate the wheel" or spend a lot of money?

Thank you for your input.

MP

Greetings to all;

I want to ask, did anyone get Voucher for A+ Core 1 and Core 2 TTT series now.

Because Stephen mentioned in Linux+ XK0-005 Session 5 the voucher A+ sent to some.

Thank you all

The Combination of Rick and Stephen in the CIN Sneak Peek Project+ PK0-005 was Just awesome. May we give them 50 likes.

In keeping with @Trevor Chandler 's idea, I think it will be fun to start tossing out questions. Maybe it's something we all can do to keep sharp.

1. Your CEO is concerned about security leaks in the organization. So, she shares three versions of info about a product release, one to the head of marketing, one to the head of finance, and one to the head of business development. Each department head is given specific instructions to not disclose the information to anyone else. Two weeks later, she is told that information about that the story released to the finance director ended up on LinkedIn. She now knows the leak is with her finance lead.

What kind of technique did she employ?

2. You are concerned about rainbow tables, employed against your passwords. So, you require salting to be employed, however, you wish to keep the salt values secret. What is this called?

3. Diffie-Hellman (and Elliptic Curve) was created in the 70's to overcome what cryptographic problem? From what ancient mathematic crypto concept is this derived?

No multiple guesses. You gotta figure 'em out. And of course, Googlers only get 10% credit.

/r

Dear CIN,.
Please please,
Do we have here a Coupon/Discount for the Official CompTIA Security+ Instructor Guide and all goodies included in it?
Any even 5% coupon discount would be awesome to have and will be very appreciated.

thanking you all

Kind regards,

I am looking for some ideas for scenarios that I can give my students for Lesson 4 "Managing an OS" to test their understanding about it. Any suggestions?

Hi All / Stephen,

Did any UK guys get a PenTest+ v2 voucher?

I had an email saying PT0-002 voucher, but my email contents was actually the instructor guide resources key, so no exam voucher.

Only spotted it today when I thought I'd better get it booked

Piers

Anyone here ever do this?

I'm talking, of course, about Harvester HCI - an open-source packaged, production ready Hyperconverged Infrastructure, designed to leverage simple bare-metal boxes and create clusters. Runs on SUSE Linux.

So, I took a few HP EliteDesk Micros, (Sixth Gen Core i5, 16GB, 340GB SDD) and constructed one. Super simple to get going. The plan is to take about 18 of these and build a functioning HCI that we can then leverage to do actual 'cloud-y' things (VM's, demonstrate scaled computing, etc). We'll see how it goes but I wanted to share this and see how many of you all have used this.

/r

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Hi Everyone,

If anyone is contacted by Force7 or Joe Cruz (Colorado Springs, CO) for a training opportunity, please message me so I can share my experience.

I had a very negative one.

Thanks....

Jim Goughenour

Hello All,

Texas Cyber Summit 2022 will be held next month in Austin, TX. If you or any of your students are interested in volunteering, please reach out to me. Volunteers need to work a couple shifts, then they get the rest of the Con for free which makes it a great opportunity for students. I am running the Texas Cyber Rangers (think Defcon Goons) and helping to drum up more volunteers. The Summit runs from September 22-24. I have posted info on this both on LinkedIn and Twitter. I can also be reach at lee (at) texascyber.org if you have interest or questions. Thanks!

Lee

Good day everyone!

I'm anxiously looking for a solid, good book to prepare my students for XK0-005.

The previous three years, I taught XK0-004 using my own curriculum and adding to it with Bresnahan and Blum's book from Sybex / Wiley.

We've pre-ordered the 005 version of the same book, but I also bought the ebook version. The print version isn't out yet and I need something to prep my classes with, right?

Well, reading through the B&H 005 book from Sybex, I'm really not impressed. The 004 version was halfway decent, but the 005 version seems like a lazy update.

* The book left in a few topics which were removed from 004 -> 005.
* The book does not go deep enough by far into topics like Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Terraform et al. Ditto for PKI and so on.

I've already taken and passed the 005 exam and I know how thoroughly some of those topics were covered. The book does not do it justice at all. For example, the only two mentions of "podman" are literally from output of the "docker" command, aliased as "podman".

So. Bottom line: who can recommend me a better book for XK0-005? Preferably one that'll come out soon, so we can cancel this pre-order and switch in time.

Q. A security professional needs to identify a physical security control that will identify individuals before allowing them to enter a secure area. Additionally, it should only allow a single person to enter at a time. Which of the following is the BEST solution?

A. Tailgating
B. Smart cards
C. Biometrics
D. Mantrap


No Googling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Q. You need to modify the PATH element in the /etc/profile file. Which of the following options is the BEST choice to do so?

A. vi /etc/profile

B. cat /etc/profile

C. grep ‘PATH’ /etc/profile

D. head -n 25 /etc/profile


No Googling!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Since we finished A+ I have not deceived information when next TTT is. Anyone know? I know Linux+ and Project+ were on drawing board.

Also I have only received one A+ voucher and i did both sessions.

Hello fellow instructors!

I don't know if anyone of you folks are reviewing the Linux+ Official Material (Instructor Guide / Practice Labs / Videos) and so on, but I'd like to contribute with it.

Well, I started to analyzing the content by executing some practice labs, as well as, reading carefully the Instructor Guide, seeking for typos, broken links, and other related mistakes that might be there and cause some confusing to our students during the classes. I found out some, and I'd like to share with you in order to discuss the subject, and to know whether some of you agree or disagree about such points raised here.

The first one is about "Command Subcommand Option Argument". The practice question addressing this subject brings the use of "Subcommand", of the ip command, and asks to point out what option would be the correct one related to the specified port. The correct answer should be the "Command Argument" one, rather than the "Subcommand".

ip addr show eth0

ip -> the command
addr -> the subcommand (here we could use others like link, route...)
show -> the option (here we could use add, del...)
eth0 -> the argument (you can use another interface as an argument. The argument is the part of the command line that specifies the target that the command should operate on)

In this case the port (interface), should be classified and an argument.

The attachment file named "Practice-Question-Subcommand.png" shows the option "Argument" as a mistake.


The second one is about "displaying contents of a file". Among the options displayed, only two should be used to do that: cat and less. However, the answer is classified as wrong.
One of the those which would be classified as a correct one for this question was the touch command.

The attachment file named "Practice-Question-Display Contents of a File.png" shows the option with the command "cat" as a mistake.

Registration is open.
Anyone Going to London?
Plan to attend the First Day, due Schedule..
Maybe we can meet Sunday evening..
(Plan to go to Abba Voyage on Sunday

Michael

What are the recommended total training hours via instructor-led for A+ 220/1101 and 220/1102?

If you know the same for Network+, that would be great as well

Took Core 1 last night at home with an 8:30p exam time. I taught the 1000 series for a non-profit from January until June of this year as a full-time instructor and now I'm with that same non-profit as a part-time IT tutor. I currently hold the Net+ CE and Sec+ CE certs, plus A+ GFL from 1998. (Exam codes 220-002 and 220-003!)

Pretty good exam experience, all things told. Really excited (anxious?) for my next voucher to arrive so I can get that exam out of the way and be A+ certified x2!

A+ and IT fundamentals-Lansing ( Local Trainer needed onsite)

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