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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.8
EAN num: 9780072263206
ISBN number: 0072263202
Label: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Page Count: 636
Printing Date: September 26, 2006
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The ONLY official study guide for the industry-standard wireless security certification exam
Cowritten by the creators of the exam and leading experts in wireless security, CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide, Second Edition, offers complete coverage of all the objectives for the vendor-neutral wireless network certification that focuses on the technologies behind the brands. The fully integrated study system includes notes that reinforce and teach practical skills, step-by-step exercises, chapter self-tests, and more than 150 practice exam questions.
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I would rate the very first edition of this book as an F. This edition is better and I would rate it a C.
The writing is unclear and as other reviewers have noted, the book seems to have errors. I would not trust this book to prepare for the Certification Exam.
Here is one of numerous examples of what I consider to be unclear writing. This one is on page 417.
"... but where older hardware can at best support TKIP, that mode can be supported"
Then in the very subsequent sentence it says,
"Note that CCMP is the default method used in RSNAs and must be supported by all devices supporting RSNA."
To me these two sentences seem to contradict each other. Is CCMP support required or not? In any case, I'll go directly to the 802.11i spec for clarification. At least it's free.
Also the review questions seem to be very simple and do not really require any in depth understanding of the material to answer correctly. Sure these questions are easy to write but how useful are they really? Why not some meaty thought provoking questions like those in the CWNA Study Guide by Coleman with the answers explained - no that takes too much time.
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To begin with, I work for a wireless company whose products are heavily involved in monitoring and auditing wireless networks.
These topics (25% of the exam), while listed objectives, aren't really covered properly in the book. For the book, the main (and limited) emphasis in this arena is strictly WIDS/WIPS. However, this is a small portion of the total picture - and are only a subset of the objectives.
Also, this book is very shallow. The meaning, as I understand it, of this "advanced" certification is to state that individuals who possess it are knowable in the area of securing and auditing wireless networks. The book falls short. It DOES provide a good INTRODUCTION to topic; however, nothing is advanced or even really intermediate knowledge of wireless security.
The big "auditing" coverage is using netstumbler. They say things like "hey, guess what?! EAP-MD5 and LEAP are weak". But leave you to figure out why. (** Note: you can take their word for it, which is accurate, however, it won't improve your understanding of the topic or help you with the exam). BTW, if you are curious there is great information on the topic on the net. Too bad none if it made it into the book.
Firmware management, an important topic as this controls bug/security fixes and enhanced security features, is limited to "use SCP to transfer the images". Policy auditing and enforcement - not covered. Network discovery (for management) - not covered (I don't consider the netstumbler topic to even remotely cover device discovery for network management/monitoring). The list goes on.
My guess, not having taken the exam yet, is that this book will not be enough. If it is, then the CWSP is VERY overrated.
I'm giving it 3 stars, because it does give a good introduction to the topic. However, maybe I should give it 2 since it falls so short of its self-professed goal.
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I bought this book because I thought it was well laid out. I am not likely going to take the test. I believe that it will be a great reference book. My boss is very wireless phobic. This book helped me explain the security and the technologies around WLANs so I could move forward with wireless. I am in a heavy industrial environment where running wires is extremely costly. Since security is a big issue I needed this book to help me understand the differences between wireless IDS and wireless protocol analysis. The chapter on this was very good and clear. Other great parts in this book are how it clarifies WPA1 and WPA2 coverage. It explains 802.11i very well.
I have to say the possibilities of hackers and exploits are frightening. I am impressed how the authors cover these vulnerabilities and exploits and explain how to protect your WLAN. The book raises confidence for sure. I like how they explain using Layer 3 security (IPSEC) vs. WPA over wireless is much less attractive. This really is a very useful book.
One last thing, I am positive this book will help with my SOX audit.
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I am currently pushing forward in the Security Arean and getting a grasp at a deep technical level of the challenges faced by Security Professionals. With this in mind it would be a mistake not to take a look at wireless and understand the ramifications for implementing it in an organization. Even for a home user a fundamental understanding of WEP verus WPA versus WPA2 is recommended and to understand the ramifications for buying a wireless client that only supports WEP or even no security mechanism at all.
With all the above said, I wanted to study for CWSP and purchased the study guide and learn at a deep technical level wireless security issues. I think its unfair to only label this book a study guide - I have passed the exam and will reference this book many times as I progress in my career. I have other certifications and generally end up throwing the study guides away because they were so focussed on getting me through an exam versus teaching me the entire subject matter arena they are of little use to me afterwards unless I require a door wedge.
I strongly recommend this book not only to those studying for CWSP, or even evaluating whether they want to put the time into passing the exam and see the material they need to digest, but also to those people in the field challenged with supporting wireless infrastructures. I also recommend the book to home users that might be concerned about the possibilities of sharing their Cable Modem or DSL connections with unathorized neighbors or war drivers because they want to buy a wireless router to have the freedom in their homes to use their internet connection anywhere.
The book compliments the certification in quality and accuracy.
David Breslin
CWNA, CWSP, MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, MCSA, CHP, CHSS, CEH, Linux+, MOS Master
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This book is filled with errors and inconsistencies on the simple things. For a study guide and as a CWNA and CWAP holder I expected much better from CWNP. For example they cannot even get the RADIUS acronym correct or consistent. Their other guides were great. The CWAP guide did have some errors too but not as bad as this CWSP guide. I am still waiting on an errata or they better reprint a cleaned up version and give current second edition customers a discount. If they cannot get the simple things correct then that leaves a major question open on the quality of the content they are covering and explaining.
There is a lot of information to cover for the exam and the information in the guide is helpful and structured logically for you to learn and review, but you have to be careful with the errors/misnomers et. al. Also, the inclusion of Chapter 18 is a little confusing. Beyond any security implications chapter 18 would have been best covered in the CWNA guide.
All in all the study guide is not bad but after 2 passes I spent more time sending in information for an errata than getting a confident feeling on what I was reading.
I gave it one star for the errors and quality.
The CWNP program in my mind is top notch but they may have punted on this guide.
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