[sebastan_bach]

hi buddy . just like checkpoint certs will not be on nokia or crossbeam and only on secure platform.

same is with cisco certifications.

as per the latest cisco security technologies which they are promoting on their websote hardly any of that is present in the lab . example

the nac solution which they are promoting everywhere why it is not in the lab.

the cisco security agent for host based ips not in the lab.

cs-mars the centralised logging device not in the lab.

6500 fwsm and idsm cards which are present in every cisco powered network not in the lab .

why not 2 vpn oncentrators for clustering when everywhere in the network it is in cluster.

all these things u will see in every cisco security solution but not in lab why.

forgot all these the most of all the cisco ios train for which cisco is very famous the latest ios the 12.4T having very good security features why are they still using 12.2 ios in the lab. which hardly has features as compared to 12.4T.

Cisco is promoting the ISR routers everywhere and have put almost of the other existing series end of life and sale. but still ISR'S are not in the lab still u have 3600,2600 series which are end of life.

why can;t they upgrade their lab with the latest products.

in this case i don;t see any difference in what cisco and checkpoint are doing as per lab is concerned.

atleast in the checkpoint lab u will get to work on all the modules of checkpoint and the lastest products and features of it not like cisco. which promotes some different technology and tests something else in the lab.

i am not a checkpoint freak even i have worked majorly on cisco only. but these are facts abt cisco which i hate.

and as per hardware and software difference it doesn;t make much difference cause if u have worked on checkpoint u can easily differentiate the features that checkpoint gives as compared to pix or asa.

if u want i can give u a list of features which checkpoint supports and asa doesn;t.

regards

sebastan