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  1. BrianFord

    Clarification Needed on SSL/TLS Certificate Verification Process

    I'd suggest taking a look at some of the larger CAs OCSP capabilities and responders. See this excellent tech note on OCSP from Microsoft.
  2. BrianFord

    Creating Engaging In-Classroom Labs for Demonstration

    At the Partner Conference, Master Instructor @Lee McWhorter spoke about this when he delivered his Network+ update. I was a Network Academy instructor, so I know that in those institutions, there is often access to a lab for instructor demos and student learning. As an instructor, I think the...
  3. BrianFord

    Certmaster Network+ N10-009 missing content

    Do you know of any current network protocols that support a ring topology? Have you encountered any token ring lately? Do you know of any networking protocols that specifically support a bus topology? I think bus topology is covered in the current A+. I completely agree with your point about...
  4. BrianFord

    With CompTIA rebranding CASP+ & ITF, will they also rebrand A+?

    @Dan Regarding name changes: Why change something that works well? I don't think A+ has any real competition. So why change the name? @precious I'm not sure I agree with your statement "CompTIA didn't rename CASP+ to CompTIA Security X. ". I think the title 'CASP+' needed to be...
  5. BrianFord

    Datasys+ questions

    OK. I'll share my secret to finding exam objectives. It's Google. You can find the DataSys+ exam objectives here. Also visit: https://www.comptia.org/certifications/datasys https://www.comptia.org/certifications/datasys#examdetails
  6. BrianFord

    Question: SY0-701 Lab - Using Containers

    J, Interesting point. I think you're calling out the difference between using and administering a container. I read that question as use the container app. I know some of my students who have taken the lab appreciated it as it broadened their knowledge (most never used containers before) and...
  7. BrianFord

    CLI in Cloud+ objectives

    So I checked and learned that this exam objective refers to the Microsoft Common Language Interface Standard. Not a typo. Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is a technical standard and open specification that allows programs written in different programming languages to run on...
  8. BrianFord

    If you are or know of a Lockbit Ransomware victim...

    For all those Security+ or security interested instructors out there... Law enforcement authorities in the US and Europe recently announced the seizure of data attributed to the Lockbit ransomware team. The seized data included thousands of references to the crypto keys generated to encrypt...
  9. BrianFord

    CLI in Cloud+ objectives

    Thanks. Looks like a typo or maybe somebody enabled AI for the spell check. I passed this along to the content team.
  10. BrianFord

    Will a Proctor be able to Administer the Tech+ in a Classroom as with the ITF+

    Pearson Vue has very specific rules about the roles in the testing center. To the best of my knowledge an ANY Instructor CANNOT BE a proctor.
  11. BrianFord

    CompTIA Testing Center Requirements for a Public High School

    If you are just looking to facilitate student testing you could set up one or two small rooms with a desk, chair, and computer with nothing on the walls ; and then use Pearson On Vue. Setting up a test center with the plan to just provide exam services for your students while admirable isn't...
  12. BrianFord

    Lesson 5 practice questions for Security+ 701 in learn.comptia.org includes Cloud questions?

    Great catch Ray! During the network architecture lesson I add comments about how these technologies are used in on-premise networks; in specialized networks or network segments (think Internet edge or datacenter), and (possibly) in the cloud. I then use the cloud architecture lesson to contrast...
  13. BrianFord

    DevOps Fundamentals Ideas for the new Domain 5 in the Version 004.

    Great topic Michael! A resource that I found very useful was this from Altassian. Agile development and Devops methods are compatible but not the same thing. This article walks through both agile development (the agile manifesto) and introduces a couple of the sources of Devops methodology...
  14. BrianFord

    Meyers: Sec+ 601 retirement date pushed back to December 2024 instead of July

    According to the CompTIA Security+ Product Manager this reporting from Total Seminars is inaccurate. The English language version of the SY0-601 exam retires on July 31, 2024. The foreign (non-English) language versions of the exam will retire later on 1/31/25.
  15. BrianFord

    AI Training

    In my experience these 'Essentials' courses are great technical introductions to a technology. I completed the cloud essentials and was greatly impressed how it included topics relevant to multiple cloud providers and highlighted connections to existing network and security technologies...
  16. BrianFord

    You have to love those CompTIA CEUs!

    I recently passed the AWS Solution Architect Associate exam. Two days later I received a heads up email message from CompTIA that one of my certifications was 180 days from expiration. I submitted the email from AWS for CEUs via Certmetrics and was very, very pleasantly surprised to receive...
  17. BrianFord

    Delay/Lag on Linux VMs

    If you are using CertMaster you should report the issue via the form in the Labs Help menu. My experience (east coast US) is that the CertMaster Labs support staff is very responsive.
  18. BrianFord

    Instructor Toolbox Poll: What Browser?

    Over several months in 2024 I will be conducting a series of polls of the CompTIA Instructor Network (CIN) Community. Participation is completely voluntary and based on the assumption that respondents are Instructors (i.e. members of CIN). My goal in conducting these polls is to compile data...
  19. BrianFord

    Instructor Toolbox Poll: In-person or Virtual?

    Over several months in 2024 I will be conducting a series of polls of the CompTIA Instructor Network (CIN) Community. Participation is completely voluntary and based on the assumption that respondents are Instructors (i.e. members of CIN). My goal in conducting these polls is to compile data...
  20. BrianFord

    WHERE IS THE IT INDUSTRY GOING?

    Artificial Intelligence is great but it requires some developed body of knowledge and continual samples to work. In the future I'm sure that an AI based system will analyze and report on my blood samples from yearly physicals. But that system will base it's findings on years of analyses that...
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