@Thomas-Chevalier,

Thank you for posting it.

So the question is trickier here. You bring up a good point. The wording is clearly designed to trick you to believing that the answer should be the latest (most up to date) standard you should use.

It now appears after reading it, your current take is a better take. It probably would have been more clear, if it was written to ask:

"What is the minimal encryption standard that must be used to protect data being transmitted over a wireless network?"

@Tiago-Pedro,

Can you verify that all the machines are turned on for the lab that you're doing? The request timed out here might be just as simple as the machine at 192.168.1.10 is not turned on.

Congratulations @James-Todd great job, and thank you for the feedback!

@Dwayne-Coleman,

We do not have a lab with just DNS as the focus. But we have a great show on DNS in our library. This should help you get started. https://app.itpro.tv/course/dns/nslookup

You may be able to find DNS labs based on Networking with Windows Server 2016 in the Legacy section. Leads thourgh installing and configuring to managing zones.

@Abu-Talha said in Is it enough to just watch the vidoes for certs like itf+?:

@Ronnie-Wong, how do you suggest I go about learning all this while my objective is to build that foundational knowledge for a career in cybersec and not exactly to get certs like A+ or ITF+? Like the main reason I am watching the vidoes is to get that knowledge which will probably be useful later on and not for the exams, but I felt like exams were a good way to gain confidence in what I learn along the way.

The certification exam only validate the knowledge you possess whether it is from study or from experience. Not every exam will be valid towards your goals. Like all goals you must begin some where. The ITF+ is one that allows you to sample the knowledge and application of that knowledge from throughout the IT world.

If you goal is Cybersecurity, you still have choices as to what that is to look like. Are you into compliance, policy, or direct administration of security. Are you seeking a particular field of study. Each choice you make, puts you onto a more purpose driven task.

If you're just beginning. Learning the foundations of Computers, networking and working with others is always good. Foundational knowledge is the bedrock of everything else you learn. Without it, you can configure something but you don't know why you're doing so.

So I would find a job you're seeking to enter. Find out what the requirements are and pursue a certification or skill path that will help you achieve that goal.

Your mobile phone of course comes with the hardware and software to perform encryption and security on your local data - it is just that with a device like this we have more control! We IT folks love control!

@Richard-Dowdy,

If we don't have a practice exam listed. It is because our vendor partner doesn't have one ready for the general public yet either.

@David-Howell,

We do not have a scheduled study plan as Anthony as said.

I recommend that you set an exam date, even if you don't schedule it yet. and work backward from there for your schedule start time.

Everyone studies a bit differently. I recommend 2 study sessions per day: 1.5. hrs (Session 1), 15 minute break, then 1.5 hr (Session 2).

Pick 3 topics per session-- 2 easier topics, and 1 hard per session. Spend no more than 30 minutes per topic.

@Chaise-Havens, there are no requirements to take the Core 1 and Core 2 in any order, however we typically recommend taking and passing the first one (Core 1), then move on to the second one. This gives you a chance to take the results of the first exam (post score results) and use that information to study for about a week to bring up any objective domains that might need increased. I hope this helps and look forward to hearing from you.

@Ryan-Watts Why not take a look at some practice exams for ITF+ and look to backfill areas you're less familiar with?

Is this your first certification? ITF+ is a lifetime cert and quite cheap to sit, so I'd argue take that first, as much as anything to get a handle on the exam experience, the way that CompTIA like to word questions, how the exam environment works which test centre you're going to use etc. etc. Worst case scenario, you come away thinking the exam was easy, already have a cert under your belt and have a handle on how the whole process works :)

Then, A+ -> Net+ --> Sec+ in that order. A+ is a recommended prerequisite for Net+, Net+ is a recommended prerequisite for Sec+.

@Joseph-Strahan,

I'm not seeing what you're seeing here.

Screenshot 2023-01-19 at 04.55.38.png

The virtual machines listed are for the current iteration of the CompTIA A+ exams. Note the inclusion of the Windows 11 machine and the Android device. These were not in the previous iteration of the exams.

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@Kyler-Suess,

We are currently working on the virtual labs for the latest iteration of the XK0-005 CompTIA Linux+ exam.

But should be out later this year.

@Alessandro-Rizzolini,

We do have them on the roadmap to be produced in 2023. I'm not sure of any other details right now.

@Franklin-Shinn , I hope all is well. I am sorry that your message slipped by me at the end of the year.

CONGRATULATIONS !!! What a way to end 2022 !!!

Thank you for sharing the great news about your success.

If you have any questions as you continue your journey, or if I can be of any assistance along the way, please be in touch as needed.

Cheers,

Adam

@Liam-Riles-0,

Business are not looking at theory as much as pragmatics and costs. Though many business find that it would be "ideal" to have this or that. Many smaller business will really ask "what do we need?" and "what can we afford?"

If the business doesn't have the technical savvy to do so internally, they will reachout to an SP (Service Provider) who will have a "sales" engineer to talk about the things I mentioned above to help make recommendations.

RAs are multicast and yes tunneling is a unicast communication

Hey @Zachary-Tackett

Thanks for your input on this as we always strive to be as accurate as we possibly can.

From my experience, I've always used PUT to "Put files onto the server". This probably has to do with my journey into cybersecurity. The first time I encountered PUT was in the context of uploading webshells. I was "PUT-ting" webshells on web servers.

After a little research, I found...

From https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_httpmethods.asp (emphasis mine)

"PUT is used to send data to a server to CREATE/update a resource."

From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PUT

"The HTTP PUT request method CREATES A NEW RESOURCE or replaces a representation of the target resource with the request payload."

From https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2616#page-55

" The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the
supplied Request-URI. If the Request-URI refers to an already
existing resource, the enclosed entity SHOULD be considered as a
modified version of the one residing on the origin server. If the
Request-URI does not point to an existing resource, and that URI is
capable of being defined as a new resource by the requesting user
agent, the origin server can create the resource with that URI. If a
new resource is created, the origin server MUST inform the user agent
via the 201 (Created) response. If an existing resource is modified,
either the 200 (OK) or 204 (No Content) response codes SHOULD be sent
to indicate successful completion of the request. If the resource
could not be created or modified with the Request-URI, an appropriate
error response SHOULD be given that reflects the nature of the
problem. The recipient of the entity MUST NOT ignore any Content-*
(e.g. Content-Range) headers that it does not understand or implement
and MUST return a 501 (Not Implemented) response in such cases."

So, I think we're both correct on this one.

As far as POST goes, I think you're spot on. From what I understand, you can have query strings with POST, but that query string won't have anything to do with the POST data which is probably what was confusing me and I appreciate the heads-up.

Cheers,
Daniel

Security fundamentals is excellent! Well done again @wes-bryan and @Lauren-Deal . I'll be recommending this to all my clients! :)

@Randy-Castellanos,

The choice is about distractions and meeting the conditions for the at home-testing.

If your room is not relatively empty. If your room is not quiet
Then you could be rejected and have to reschedule

also, if testing from home. you will not be able to use paper and pencil at all. You'll have to use the most basic digital "scratch paper" you'll be able to access on the screen. You'll not be happy with it.

I've done both. The controlled testing environment I think is better, less convenient but better. I felt very paranoid in the home testing... of noises that I couldn't control. I couldn't guarantee someone wasn't going to walk into a room., or a pet jumping up on the computer. Anything like that is up to the proctor of whether that violates the conditions. And everyone of them is different. I have taken probably 10 exams like this during COVID era, each one was different. One didn't want me to have anything on the desk. One told me to stop reading the question out loud. I had some that didn't say anything and others who wanted me to pick up the computer and look around the entire room. and ask me to even pick up the chair and show me the bottom and said I shouldn't be looking down or around. so...you pick.