CCSA R65 Certified

[ranjithkumar]

Dear All,

Anybody have completed CCSA-R65.If so share ur exp regarding the exam and the way of preparation.

thanks,

ranjith

[bravo166]

Dear Ranjith,

Depending on your level of experience with Checkpoint NG / NGX I would recommend the lastest book in NGX from Amazon.
If you are very new then attend NGX 65 I and II course.

Regards.
Morten

[ranjithkumar]

Dear Morten,

Thanks alot for your reply.Really speaking am very new to checkpoint solutions but i have good hands on exp in Cisco Firewall solutions.Hence i need to start from scrap.In my place no such courses are conducted so i mainly depend on materials.I have read CCSA NGX R62 book by Syngress once.Now i have started to read R65 checkpoint docuementations.This is my level in checkpoint.

thanks and regards,
Ranjith

[Nirnaeth]

Hi all,

I've passed the CCSA NGX R65 (156-215.65) 3 weeks ago.
I've been using Check Point Firewall since version 3.0a but I found the questions more difficult than what I expected to find.
And it seems that this new CCSA exam (156-215.65) has been re-organized.
So here are some info that may help to prepare the exam.


The questions are organized in predefined sections (but during the test, the questions are all mixed):
Introduction to VPN-1 Objective 1
Introduction to VPN-1 Objective 2
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 1&2
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 3&4
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 5
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 6 - Nat
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 7
Introduction to SecurePlatform Objective 1
Introduction to SecurePlatform Objective 2
Monitoring Traffic and Connection Objective 1&2
Monitoring Traffic and Connection Objective 3&4
SmartDefense & Content Inspection Objective 1&2
SmartDefense & Content Inspection Objective 3&4
Authentication
CheckPoint QoS


Know the most important Ports/Services used between the different Check Point components.:
256 FW1
257 FW1_Log
18190 CPMI
18191 CPD
259 FW1_Telnet Auth
900 FW1_Http Auth
Full list of ports used by NG X:
NGX FAQ - Ports used by Check Point NGX


Know how QoS rules and subrules work.
Know what are WFRED, IQ, RDED, Diffserv.


Weird questions concerning SmartDefense and Content Inspection:
Better to know all protections available and in which category they belong to.


Know when to use Client Auth, Session Auth and User Auth
Better to know the options available in Client Auth and when to use them.


Know the difference between static nat and dynamic nat.
And when to use manual nat instead of automatic nat.


VPN is not anymore covered in CCSA NGX R65.


Hope it will help.
Steph

[NicAng]

Hi Guys,

I just took my CCSA today and passed with 72%.

Follow the guide below and you will be alright. Remember to know the commands well, including those not specified on the book. Have a good understanding on licenses, contract/services, QoS, authentication, web defense, applications intelligence and also the layout/functionality of your Dashboard.

Know what is consolidation policy, know the tabs of the object/users/users group.

Thats all I remembered. Cheers

Originally Posted by Nirnaeth

Hi all,

I've passed the CCSA NGX R65 (156-215.65) 3 weeks ago.
I've been using Check Point Firewall since version 3.0a but I found the questions more difficult than what I expected to find.
And it seems that this new CCSA exam (156-215.65) has been re-organized.
So here are some info that may help to prepare the exam.


The questions are organized in predefined sections (but during the test, the questions are all mixed):
Introduction to VPN-1 Objective 1
Introduction to VPN-1 Objective 2
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 1&2
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 3&4
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 5
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 6 - Nat
Introduction to the Security Policy Objective 7
Introduction to SecurePlatform Objective 1
Introduction to SecurePlatform Objective 2
Monitoring Traffic and Connection Objective 1&2
Monitoring Traffic and Connection Objective 3&4
SmartDefense & Content Inspection Objective 1&2
SmartDefense & Content Inspection Objective 3&4
Authentication
CheckPoint QoS


Know the most important Ports/Services used between the different Check Point components.:
256 FW1
257 FW1_Log
18190 CPMI
18191 CPD
259 FW1_Telnet Auth
900 FW1_Http Auth
Full list of ports used by NG X:
NGX FAQ - Ports used by Check Point NGX


Know how QoS rules and subrules work.
Know what are WFRED, IQ, RDED, Diffserv.


Weird questions concerning SmartDefense and Content Inspection:
Better to know all protections available and in which category they belong to.


Know when to use Client Auth, Session Auth and User Auth
Better to know the options available in Client Auth and when to use them.


Know the difference between static nat and dynamic nat.
And when to use manual nat instead of automatic nat.


VPN is not anymore covered in CCSA NGX R65.


Hope it will help.
Steph