| | |  | Networks, Protocols & API's | Home » » » Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep | | | | | | | Description: | | The CEH certification shows knowledge of network penetration testing skills. The CEH exam takes three hours and 125 questions, requiring a broad and deep knowledge of network security issues. The CEH Exam Prep is the perfect solution for this challenge, giving you the solid, in-depth coverage you'll need to score higher on the exam. Along with the most current CEH content, the book also contains the elements that make Exam Preps such strong study aides: comprehensive coverage of exam topics, end-of-chapter review, practice questions, Exam Alerts, Fast Facts, plus an entire practice exam to test your understanding of the material. The book also features MeasureUp's innovative testing software, to help you drill and practice your way to higher scores. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Michael Gregg | | Paperback:
| 696 pages | | Publisher:
| Que | | Publication Date:
| April 17, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0789735318 | | Product Length:
| 9.15 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.98 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.39 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.43 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.93 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.57 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 20 reviews |
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68 of 68 found the following review helpful:
Very effective bookMay 25, 2007
By N. Rossino
The previous poster did bring up a good point: this book will not teach you how to hack. It WILL help you pass the CEH exam. It lays a very good foundation, and the only reason I give it 4 stars was because it was lacking the detail and depth to be fully comprehensive.
Keep in mind, that this book is meant for people who do have an administration background and who happen to be pretty familiar with Linux and Windows. The book is written for that group of people because without that experience, you probably won't have the experience necessary to be a CEH.
I happen to read all 3 books for the CEH that are listed on Amazon. The Sybex book, the EC-council book, and this book. By far, this book was the best out of the 3. The Sybex book was a waste of money as it wasn't as good as this book and it had even less depth. The EC-council book had a bit more detail in some topics, although it lacked cohesion and was poor at presenting the thought behind it. I think this book and the EC-council book compliment each other, and give you a pretty good idea of what you actually need to know. I would start with this book and finish up with the EC-council book and/or courseware. My reasoning is that you should set the foundation first and this book does that.
Also, as with hacking, google is an excellent resource. These two books won't be enough to fill all the holes, but the internet is a damned good filler.
In conclusion this book provides for pretty good preparation for the actual test, and is a comfortable read.
ABOUT THE TEST:
150 questions, you have 4 hours. I took only 2 and scored an 86%. 70% is passing. I studied for only two weeks, but have extensive background in the subject area.
The test is very specific, and you are expected to know the material in detail - NOT just concepts. The test is geared towards people with security experience, and the test questions are true to that purpose. It will be very difficult to pass if you:
1) Don't know linux
2) Don't understand Microsoft's OS and operations
3) never actually used any of the hacking tools
Linux is not a MAJOR part of the test, but there are enough questions on linux command line operations to make a difference.
Keep in mind, just reading alone will not let you pass this test. It is very important that you try out the most popular and important tools (firsthand!). You will be asked about specific commands, and be expected to know them. Know nmap, snort, hping2, tracert and tcpdump down cold. Know the ICMP codes and types. The only way you learn this stuff is to actually practice it.
This really isn't an entry level test at all. Even if you know all your stuff, the test isn't easy to pass. I'd strongly encourage that people take some practice with actual pen testing before they try this test (use vmware to simulate a target if you cant throw a home made lab together). If you don't actually try this stuff out, your odds of passing will plummet.
About 10% of the questions are what I'd consider bad questions - either they are unclear, or ambiguous or poorly word... Without violating the NDA - one of the questions parallel the following examples: Can you establish tcp sessions while spoofing your ip address? The answer is: it depends - are you sniffing the outgoing traffic? If so, then it is certainly possible.. otherwise there is no way you'll establish a tcp connection. What if the question doesn't specify, and the answer hinges on this? This type of ambiguous situation happened on at least 10 questions. This will lose you points right off the bat, because to no fault of your own you won't be able to determine the valid answers.
Good luck!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Better than Offical MaterialAug 04, 2006
By Steve H
If your studying for the CEH exam or just want to learn more about ethical hacking and security this book is a must have.
I wish they would have included this with the course material as it's a better prep for the test. It also comes with a Linux ISO that has many of the tools used by ethical hackers and discussed in the book.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Better and Cheaper than offical bookJun 03, 2006
By Tech. Pro.
Does a very good job of going over all the CEH exam objectives in a clear and understandable way.
The test prep software is very helpful. Whenever you get an answer wrong it gives you a reference to the section in the e-book of where the answer came from and an Internet link to look up.
This book and the Anti-Hacker toolkit does a good job of getting you ready for the test.
12 of 15 found the following review helpful:
So far so goodApr 19, 2006
By Mr. Panah Mosaferirad
"joshua_pan"
I got this book today, and I finished the first two chapters. So far the book's been excellent. I have the self-study material that ec-council sells for 300$ and this book covers everything that is covered in that book. So far, I am very satisfied with this book. Useful questions at the end of chapters help with the learning process. Now, CEH is not for the weak. You need to do some practical work before tackling the exam. Sure, you might be able to pull it off without practical work, but this stuff is so interesting that once you got your hands dirty, you are not going to want to stop. The reason I gave this book 4 stars is because I have not reviewed the whole book. Once I finish the book, I can tell more about the overall quality of this book. But so far so good! ((****))
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Much better than EcCouncil offical bookMay 10, 2006
By Issa Abu-eid
"Certifed person"
There is no doubt that this book is much easier than CEH official book. Also for those who already have good experience with networking and security will find this book fair enough to prepare for CEH test. For those who are not well established in networking and security field, I belief this book will no be enough. In all cases I really enjoy it
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