Certified Ethical Hacker via Self Study

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."

Comments

No mention of ethics.

[onion2k]

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. ;)

The ethics of hacking

[Opportunist]

You could just as well create a course of "ethical business". Yeah, sure, you could teach the ethics of business. Whether people apply it or not is up to them. Not something that's under your control.

Don't get me wrong, teaching information is by default never wrong. Knowledge is power. Information is necessary to keep up the fight against the black hats. To abuse the quote from a different group, if information is outlawed, only outlaws will have it.

But I doubt that you can teach or even "certify" ethics. You have them, or your don't.