CCIE Security 3.0 candidates,

We are releasing the first 4 labs – of our CCIE Security 3.0 Volume 2 – today. These are full 8-hour (3.0) mock labs including OEQ, troubleshooting and detailed solutions.  Labs 11, 13 and 14 have been uploaded and there will be a 4th lab uploaded within the next day. These are extremely challenging labs, so it should keep you guys busy for a little while! Good Luck! If you don’t have these labs in your account by 8 PM EST today – please contact support@ipexpert.com.

Tyson Scott

Tags: CCIE Security 3.0

Hey guys,

We have uploaded Volume 1 lab 1A and 1B to the user section.  Some of the advanced Features used in this lab are as follows:

• Application-Aware Inspection
• BGP Thru the Firewall
• MPF
• QoS

If you’re an existing customer – this lab should already be in your “Members Area”.  If you are unable to locate it, please contact support@ipexpert.com.

Good Luck and Happy Labbing!

Tags: CCIE, Security, Self Paced

Hey guys,

We have uploaded Volume 1 lab 5 to the user section.  Some of the advanced Features used in this lab are as follows:

• Role Based Views
• NAC L2 – Dot1x
• NAC L3 – IOS
• LDAP Authentication

If you’re an existing customer – this lab should already be in your “Members Area”.  If you are unable to locate it, please contact support@ipexpert.com.  

Good Luck and Happy Labbing!

Tags: CCIE, CCIE Security 3.0, CCIE Security 3.0 Blueprint, Security, Study Material

I hope everyone had a good holiday season.  I actually was able to enjoy a little bit myself surprisingly.  But now it is time to get back to work… right :)

So the Security version 3.0 announcement has been out now for about 2 and a half months now.  This change can become a big stumbling block for many that are stuck in the middle of whether they are going to make it for the old version or the new 3.0 version of the test.  If you don’t feel that you will make it for the old version of the test… do you wait around for our new material to be released or continue to study?  Well, I think there is a clear direction that should be followed and I want to outline some of my recommendations to you below so you don’t get caught in the doldrums of preparation time.

In a perfect world we would be able to offer you the complete 6th edition of our CCIE-Security study material, The Blended Learning Solution (BLS) version 3.0. It would be a clean and simple solution that would suit everyone. However I believe the current workbook and proctor guide can continue to provide you, as a student, the necessary tools to prepare for the newer version of the test and will provide you a building block to the new material as we release it.

So what do I mean by this?  Well, let’s go over what was on the test previously that will no longer be on the new version and briefly what is going to be introduced on the newer version of the test that was not previously there.

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Tags: 3.0, blueprint, CCIE, Security

Hey Experts,

We have released a .net file to support the IPexpert workbooks for Routing & Switching, Security, and Service Provider tracks.  We hope this will add a lot of flexibility to your studies.  And allow you to study when you may be sitting in the airport or unavailable to network access.  Basically we want to completely take away any chance for a life you may have.

Please check your members area at www.IPexpert.com to download the necessary files.  They should all be located under the “My Configs” section.

Be aware that to run the full topology you will need a fairly robust desktop with a lot of CPU/Memory resources.  (You are running virtual routers with all their processes on a single machine mind you).  So you will either need to carry your desktop around as a laptop or be ready to only run parts of the topology.

If you are not familiar with Dynamips please first Go through the readme file.  I have attempted to give a detailed explanation of all the required steps to get it up and working.  You need to be aware the .net files do not have the IOS/Firewall software required to run the topology.  This is something that you will need to acquire on your own :-).

Good luck in your studies guys.  Please keep the feedback coming and we will continue to build tools to help you on your roads to success.  As a little teaser… I will also let you know… we are adding some new features to the proctorlabs interface that should help save some time for you when you do rent rack time.  More to come in the near future.

Tags: .net, CCIE, Dynamips, r&s, Security, Service Provider, sp, tools, workbooks