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CCSP SNRS Exam Certification Guide (CCSP Self-Study) (Exam 642-502)
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Chapter 14: Mitigating Layer 2 Attacks
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The official self-study test preparation guide for the Cisco CCSP SECUR exam
- Provides complete coverage of exam objectives for the CCSP SECUR exam
- The only CCSP SECUR study guide for the latest exam and approved by Cisco
Systems
- Contains market-proven features from the best-selling series, including
"Do I Know This Already?" quizzes, Foundation Summaries, review questions,
exercises, challenging real-world scenarios, and companion with test engine
The second edition of CCSP SECUR Exam Certification Guide is a comprehensive
study tool for the SECUR exam, which evaluates a candidate's ability to work
with and configure IOS router features and functionality. This new edition replaces
the first edition. Each chapter of CCSP SECUR Exam Certification Guide,
Second Edition, focuses study on and tests knowledge of the exam subjects through
specially designed assessment and study features. "Do I Know This Already?"
quizzes assess readers' knowledge and help them decide how much time to spend
on each section. The Foundation Topic sections provide details on exam topics.
Each chapter also includes a Foundation Summary section that highlights essential
concepts for quick reference and study and closes chapter-ending review questions
to further test comprehension.
About the Authors
Greg Bastien, CCNP, CCSP, CISSP, is the Chief Technical Officer
for Virtue Technologies, Inc. He provides consulting services to various federal
agencies and commercial clients and holds a position as adjunct professor at
Strayer University, teaching networking and network security classes. He completed
his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
while on active duty as a helicopter flight instructor in the U.S. Army.
Christian Degu, CCNP, CCDP, CSS-1, is an instructor at Strayer University
and has over six years experience in training, systems administration, and programming
in the computing and networking industry. Christian also holds a B.S. in Computer
Information Systems and an M.S. in Management of Information Systems.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 2 Average Customer Rating: Mar 13, 2006 Brad Bledsoe from Arlington, TX
Cert Guide Only, not a Field Manual
This Exam Certification Guide is intended for candidates preparing to take the SNRS Exam in pursuit of CCSP certification. The book covers all of the exam objectives posted on Cisco.com sufficiently. The accompanying CD provides the book in PDF format, as well as a practice test engine to help the reader validate his/her comprehension of the material. Like other Exam Certification Guides from Cisco Press, each chapter starts with a Do I Know This Already? and ends with a additional Q&A.
The book is divided into eight parts, with each part containing multiple chapters. The book begins by providing a good overview on security from both a technical and organizational perspective. The second part gets into router and switch management basics. Assuming that someone reading this book would already have a CCNA level of understanding, the sections on router configuration modes seem unnecessary. If the reader finds themselves needing this information, they might find the remainder of the book a little difficult. The third part covers AAA. This section does a good job of explaining the topics, and then provides configuration examples to backup learning. Also, the included troubleshooting section provides the reader with good examples of common mistakes. The fourth part is titled IOS Firewall Feature set. The material again does a good job of providing a surface overview, but might leave the reader needing to supplement their study for the exam. The chapter on Mitigating Layer 2 Attacks was particularly helpful, as this is an area that is often overlooked in production networks today. The fifth part, VPN, covers various ways to establish VPNs using Cisco IOS. My only complaint about this section is that while there are snippets of configuration throughout, there is lack of final configurations at the end of the chapters. I would like to information on GRE and DMVPN, but as these are not exam objectives, I understand their omission. Part six specifically covers management through SDM. I would have liked this section to be more in depth, but it does adequately cover the exam objectives. Part seven covers final scenarios. Again, the lack of final configs for each section is a negative to me. The final part is the appendix providing answers to all of the Do I Know This Already? and the end of chapter Q&A.
Formatting of the book could have used a little more attention. There are many instances where diagrams, examples, etc., are not on the same page as the explanation causing the reader to flip pages back and forth. While this is a small detail, and not related to depth on content, it is annoying.
While I think the book does a good job of meeting its intended purpose, preparing an individual to take the SNRS exam, it does not provide adequate detail to serve as a field manual or deployment guide.
Jan 4, 2006 Shahid Shafi from San Diego
Delivers what it promises and nothing more!
I recently read the book titled "CCSP SECUR Exam Certification Guide (CCSP Self-Study)" by Greg Bastien and Christian Abera Degu. ISBN: 1587200724.
This book is exclusively meant for CCSP candidates preparing for SNRS exam which is the latest version of old SECUR exam. The book indeed covers all exam objectives in sufficient detail and provides Foundation Summary and End chapter Q&A. The book is easy to follow and it will certainly help certification candidates to pass their SNRS test with flying colors. The book also includes CDROM that contains entire book in pdf format, over 200 practice questions, boson testing engine and few cool sample chapters from other Cisco press books. I wish I had this kind of resources at my disposal when I passed my MCNS couple of years ago.
My only complain with the book and authors is topics details are adequate to pass the test but not enough to make this title useful for real life security deployments or troubleshooting. They are barely scratching the surface and the reader has to read details else where to properly understand the topic. The book is just enough to pass the cert but it cannot find permanent place on my book shelf like Jeff Doyle, Saadat Malik or Justin Menga certification guides.
I especially enjoyed chapters on Layer 2 Security, Cisco Easy VPN Server and Advanced IPSec (the best chapter in the book) but again the coverage is adequate to cover exam objectives and major details are missing. I didnt see any coverage on DMVPN which I consider to be a very important topic in VPNs and it should be included in the next edition. I also find typos here and there like VTP is acronym for Virtual Terminal Protocol as opposed to VLAN Trunking Protocol.
Overall I think this book delivers what it promises but it certainly needs more meat to be beneficial for mid to senior level security administrators.
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