SYN-ACK » Routing & Switching http://syn-ack.co.uk A blog about network security by Ian McGowan Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 I miss my security stuff! http://syn-ack.co.uk/13/i-miss-my-security-stuff http://syn-ack.co.uk/13/i-miss-my-security-stuff#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:09:49 +0000 Ian http://syn-ack.co.uk/?p=13 Learning the routing and switching stuff for CCNP has been fun ( honest :-/ ) and I’m glad I chose to do it as it’s made me more complete as far as networking goes. I’m a great believer that to be truly good at your profession you have to be proficient in any areas that it relies upon. Obviously, security products sit on top of our infrastructures so being more aware of that will help me in the future – actually, it’s helped me already as I recently had to use a 3750 as a media convertor for the IPS 4260 (fibre to copper and then from copper back to fibre) where I had to use private VLANs to get it working. I wouldn’t have been aware of that previously and therefore would have been limited in that situation if I hadn’t been aware of private VLANs and their uses.

I’m trying to not look past the ISCW exam as the CCNP isn’t over quite yet but I am looking forward to getting my head back into security full time. I’m going to do a bit of Checkpoint NGX next to bolster my checkpoint skills (I’m currently a CCSA on Checkpoint NG) and then I am going to go for the CCIE Security written exam. After QoS I am sure it will be a joy to read up on! Haha

Ian

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