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Certified Ethical Hacker via Self Study

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-that-hat-nice-and-white dept.

ddonzal writes "In his latest column for EH-Net, wireless hacking guru, Dan Hoffman, offers up his experience of attaining the CEH credential (Certified Ethical Hacker). Great read with fantastic advice for budding ethical hackers out there."

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  1. BS by GrAfFiT · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Certified" ethical hacker sounds to me as bulletproof as Suk Imperial Conditioning..

  2. No mention of ethics. by onion2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article, or perhaps the course, neglects to mention anything about the "ethical" side of things. It's all well and good to say you're a "Certified Ethical Hacker", but if noone has quizzed you on the ethics of hacking then how could an employer be sure you actually are one?

    In fact, even if you were questioned about the ethics of hacking, you might lie. An unethical person would.

    So it's just a fancy but ultimately meaningless name then. "Certified Hacker" would suffice.

    But do you really need the word "Certified" on a certificate? Isn't that redundant? It's obvious you're certified if you're brandishing a certificate.

    So you could just as well put "Hacker" instead.

    I don't think many employers want to employ a hacker. They're criminals!

    I don't think I'll be taking this course. ;)

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    http://twitter.com/onion2k
  3. The first rule of ethical hacking... by hackwrench · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is to not become certified at it, on the grounds that it circumscribes your ethics.

  4. The illusion of ethics... by hackwrench · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is a delusion regarding ethics that an unethical person cannot pretend to be ethical effectively, that is, when given a question about ethics, they might want to lie, but then they wouldn't know what lie is the "ethical" choice. Most research into ethics is tainted by this ad the notion that there is only one true way of ethics.

    In fact, many people are clueless to the fact that the Team Rocket motto starts out with a statement of ethics that Jessie and James stick to, to thier detriment as they comment on.

    Prepare for trouble
    To protect the world from devastation
    To unite all peoples within our nation
    To denounce the evils of truth and love
    To extend our reach to the stars above
    Surrender now, or prepare to fight

    It describes an ethical value system.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=%22denounce+the+evi ls+of+truth+and+love