IPexpert’s CCIE Workbooks are shipping

Just read this in my RSS reader that IPexpert is shipping all the new workbooks. Here is the announcement from their blog. This is just a public service announcement :) CCIE Routing & Switching 4.0 Volume 1: Overhauled to include 4.0 topics / technology-focused lab scenarios w/ a Detailed Solution Guide. There are 34 chapters (labs) covering all topics [...]

CCIE Security Mobile Labs Now Available

Mobile labs for the CCIE Routing and Switching or Security lab exams provide a more convenient testing alternative to extensive travel for individuals in countries without permanent testing facilities. Upcoming mobile labs are planned for Johannesburg, South Africa, September 7-11; Seoul, Korea, September 21-25; Nairobi, Kenya, November 2-6; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 14-18 and Cairo, [...]

Split Tunneling for VPN Clients on Cisco ASA

In a basic VPN Client to ASA scenario, all traffic from the VPN Client is encrypted and sent to the ASA no matter what its destination is. Based on your configuration and the number of users supported, such a set up can become bandwidth intensive. Split tunneling can work to alleviate this problem since it [...]

Open Ended Questions for CCIE Security

CCIE Security will become the 2nd CCIE Track to recieve Open Ended Questions. It appears that Cisco is going full-speed to hammer out the cheaters which is a GREAT thing. Here is the official word from Cisco’s website “Effective June 15, 2009, the Cisco CCIE Security lab exam will feature a new type of question [...]

IE’s new CCIE Security V3 Hardware List

Internetwork Expert just posted the new V3 hardware list on their Blog. At first glance I thought it was R&S Hardware list.

Brandon Carroll is CCIE #23837

Brandon Caroll just passed his CCIE Security and is now CCIE 23837. Please head over to Globalconfig.net to congratulate him. Brandon has been a Cisco Instructor for 8 years and decided to go for the ultimate weapon aka CCIE.

Refreshed CCIE Security Lab Exam Available April 20, 2009

Cisco announces the exam date of the CCIE Security Lab blueprint change. This was announced earlier but official date is April 20th 2009.

Still working through Security

I have been humming along through the security section on the blueprint and IE’s workbooks. My goal is to be very fluent with the common security configurations like reflexive ACLs, Dynamic ACLs etc before my lab. My plan so far has been to work through each task from IE’s Vol 1 security WB and then [...]

Common Security Configurations

I am working through IE’s Vol 1 security section and it has been great so far. I have done this before but never went through it in such detail. Very first task is related to permitting certain types of traffic while denying and logging the rest. I will try to collect all the common security [...]

Zooming in on Security

After attempting 4 IE Mock labs and various IE Vol 2 labs, I have a good understanding of my weaknesses. During the next month or so I plan on isolating these sections and will be labbing them up day and night. First in line is the security section and after talking to a few successful [...]