Re: Your opinion about online courses

[Alex Fiuvertiz <fiuvertiz () gmail com>]

Thank you all for replying. I'll try one of the online courses this
year and follow up with an instructor led course next year and compare
if it was worth the money with traveling/hotel/fee.

Cheers, Alex



2009/10/28 Robert Portvliet <robert.portvliet () gmail com>:
> The Offensive Security course is an excellent value for the money and
> very challenging.
>
> They cover some tools (Nmap, Metasploit, Ettercap, Netcat, etc), but
> the focus of the course is getting down to the nitty gritty of doing
> it yourself without the aid of tools.
>
> I can't yet speak on SANS as I am just about to start one of their
> courses for the first time, but I've heard very good things & they
> also have a live instructor led course over the web that takes place
> one night a week over a series of weeks.
>
> Do a search of the archives of this list and the Full Disclosure &
> Pauldotcom lists, there's been a lot of good discussion of these
> courses recently.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Alex Fiuvertiz <fiuvertiz () gmail com> wrote:
> > EHLO,
> >
> > What are your opinions about the online/on demand courses that are
> > offered by Offensive Security, SANS, etc?
> > I realize that it demands some kind of self-discipline when it comes
> > to dedicate time and so on, but besides that, is it just a waste of
> > money?
> > Is it better to spend the money on books and the time on reading and nmap -iR ?
> >
> > I also realize that a course led by an instructor gives you much more,
> > but this question is about the online courses.
> >
> > Thank you for your reply
> >
> > / A.F
> >
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