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Are there any answers to such web server behavior?

I frequently use tools like ffuf to illustrate fuzzing to my students.

Using the following command, for instance:

bash
┌──(kali㉿localhost)-[~]└─$ffuf -w wordlist.txt -u http://mydomaintarget.org/FUZZ

Files like backup.sql, graphql.txt, config.json, and other possibly sensitive files may be discovered in this way.

To confirm their presence, we employ:
┌──(kali㉿localhost)-[~]└─$curl -I http://mydomaintarget.org/backup.sql on mydomaintarget.org

The server replies with an HTTP 200 status if the file is present. When we try to download the file, though: backup.sql using

bash
┌──(kali㉿localhost)-[~]└─$curl -o http://mydomaintarget.org/backup.sql on mydomaintarget.org

The output is a JavaScript obfuscated code rather than the anticipated content.
Are there any explainations to such behavior?

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How long will Cloud+ CV0-003 be available?

Hello. Does anyone know when the Cloud+ CV0-003 exam will no longer be available now that the Cloud+ CV0-004 exam has been made available? The 004 exam was originally scheduled to be available in September but was not released until mid-October. I have students who will be preparing to take Cloud+ in March 2025, but no one outside of the CompTIA cert master has study material for the CV0-004 version of the exam.

Thanks for your help

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Tech+ Voucher

Hello! I am looking to purchase a few Tech+ vouchers. Are those available yet? I can't find them on the Academic store or the CompTIA store. Anyone have an idea of when they will be available? I am a bit leery that I am doing the curriculum and there is not cert to buy. It was a big sell to run this course!

Thank you :)

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Unable to access CertMaster Labs

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone is facing the same issue? CertMaster Labs is not accessible. We have tried to access the lab using different accounts using the office internet, and also from the home internet. The link to the instructor guides is working though.

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Difference between Certmaster Learn and Perform .

Hello everyone. I"m teaching the Network+ N10-009 course. I want to insure that my students have the most effective tools to use for the training. I've purchased the bundle for other courses in the past,, CompTIA A+, Learn, Practice Labs and Voucher. I hear that Perform is a new tool that has other features that may replace Certmaster Learn.

In your estimation, should I stick with the original bundle of Certmaster Learn, Practice, Labs and Voucher or purchase Perform, Practice and Voucher. Again, this is for Network+ N10-009.

Lastly, I want to confirm that when I purchase either of these bundles, there's an instructor or organization access key and student access key for all products. I need to make this purchase immediately.

With Appreciation,

Bobbie
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Looking to order training but can't get a hold of anyone

Has anyone had trouble getting a hold of their account rep to purchase training? I have been trying since the 13th and customer service say I can only put in a ticket and wait. I did that and I still do not have any contact with the business/academic partner team.

Does anyone know a work around?

Thanks!

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How might AI benefit you or your students in CertMaster?

I'm a UX Designer at CompTIA. I'm hoping to hear from instructors. What is your AI wish list for the CertMaster platform and courses?
  1. How would you hope to be able to use it? In other words, what job would you hire AI to do for you in CertMaster? And why?
  2. What job would your students hire AI to do for them in CertMaster? And why?
  3. How have you already used AI to help you teach?
  4. How are your students using AI currently to help them learn?
  5. What, if any, negative effects of AI are you currently seeing, either for instructors or students?
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AI Essentials and AI+ expansions

Had a student of mine ask about AI Essentials and if it would be offered in the future. I was not aware of any such things until he showed me this article:


And now I am curious, what is the latest with these expansions? Is this going to be a new pathway or what is going on with them. The article mentions a July 24 release, but I am not finding anything about them on CIN or other places. just curious.

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Help for Student re: Request for Accommodation due to English as a Second Language

Hello everyone.

I have been in a Zoom call with one of my students for almost two hours (insane!!!!). She is in my Canadian cohort in Calgary. I am in the USA. This woman clearly has a language barrier. English is not her first language; however, she studies hard, and she understands English and can talk in conversations. She has a heavy accent, and it takes her some time to get through the reading, but she just takes more time to read. We are trying to book her for the Core 1 CompTIA A+. We went to the special accommodations website as they directed, but when we get there, the only options available to request special accommodations for are if you have a cognitive or learning disability. I know they have allowed for it in the past. I had some students request and receive it for their AWS certifications and received it. I would think it would be the same scenario as well. It says so on the website for Pearson Vue.

Is it possible that someone who knows the rules can assist? How do we request accommodations for her? I fear without the accommodation, she will not pass. She is now a citizen of Canada, but she is from Pakistan. She received her Canadian citizenship two years ago. Can someone help me figure this out? The accommodations office is now closed. I have another possible student who has the same language barrier issues as well.

By the way, they said it could take 10 days. When my students did it, they got almost immediate approval once they proved English was not their first language. Is it really going to take them 10 days to figure out these women don't speak English well?

Thanks,

D Ross

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Routing Issues

I recently dealt with a client’s network outage caused by a misconfigured router. I had to dig into the routing tables and found that one static route was pointing to the wrong gateway. Once corrected, the network was restored. Have you encountered similar routing issues in your teaching, and how do you explain routing table troubleshooting to your students?

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