BSDA at Chemnitzer LinuxTage

Hi,

here we are:

http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2008/service/bsd.html

Hope to see you there.

Cheers,

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February BSDA locations

The BSDA certification exam is available at the following locations in 
February:

SCALE: Los Angeles, California

 	Saturday, February 9 at 11:00 or 15:30

 	Seating is limited to 40 per exam session (2 sessions in total).

FOSDEM: Brussels, Belgium

 	Saturday,  February 23 at 14:30 or 16:30
 	Sunday, February 24 at 10:00 or 13:00 or 15:00

 	Seating is limted to 15 per exam session (5 sessions in total).

Registration and URLs for more information regarding the conference 
locations can be found here:

https://register.bsdcertification.org//register/events

Pre-registration is required. Don't wait til the last minute as you'll 
need a BSDCG ID first and that can take up to 24 hours to receive. Also, 
as exam sessions are filled, they will disappear from the drop down menu 
from which you choose the exam location and time. If an exam time appears 
to be missing, that is the reason why.

The exam costs $75 USD to take; those who participated in the 2007 Beta 
program are eligible for a 50% discount.

possible to cover all BSDA in a 3 to 5 day training?

I have taught over 16 commercial multi-day classes covering BSD 
administration which have also included some extras like shell 
fundamentals, some Apache HTTPD, packet filtering (IPFW, PF, or IPF) 
basics, postfix or sendmail basics, and BIND basics. I am currently 
planning a class to be held near DFW Texas the second week of April. I 
have used basically the same *BSD course outlines that I have improved and 
modified over six years. So I am wondering if I should completely change 
my course outline and courseware to just specifically cover "BSDA" (so I 
would cut out a lot of what I currently cover but add a lot more).

What do you think about: Is it possible to cover all the BSD Certification 
Group BSDA (BSD Associate) Certification Requirements in a 3 to 5 day 
training?

I don't think it is, especially since it should cover some installation 
and some steps specific for four BSD operating systems.

Also, is it more of a selling point or more value to have a well rounded 
"BSDA" course versus a BSD-specific admin course that also covers some 
Apache HTTPD, packet filtering (IPFW, PF, or IPF) basics, postfix or 
sendmail basics, and BIND basics?

I am curious about your thoughts on this.

  Jeremy C. Reed

p.s. A few months ago, I started building a database of BSD and open 
source trainers. Many from this list emailed their details. I am slowly 
working on a website that will highlight the skills taught and locations 
of trainers.

Re: possible to cover all BSDA in a 3 to 5 day training?

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I have taught over 16 commercial multi-day classes covering BSD 
> administration which have also included some extras like shell 
> fundamentals, some Apache HTTPD, packet filtering (IPFW, PF, or IPF) 
> basics, postfix or sendmail basics, and BIND basics. I am currently 
> planning a class to be held near DFW Texas the second week of April. I 
> have used basically the same *BSD course outlines that I have improved and 
> modified over six years. So I am wondering if I should completely change 
> my course outline and courseware to just specifically cover "BSDA" (so I 
> would cut out a lot of what I currently cover but add a lot more).
> 
> What do you think about: Is it possible to cover all the BSD Certification 
> Group BSDA (BSD Associate) Certification Requirements in a 3 to 5 day 
> training?
> 
> I don't think it is, especially since it should cover some installation 
> and some steps specific for four BSD operating systems.
> 
> Also, is it more of a selling point or more value to have a well rounded 
> "BSDA" course versus a BSD-specific admin course that also covers some 
> Apache HTTPD, packet filtering (IPFW, PF, or IPF) basics, postfix or 
> sendmail basics, and BIND basics?
> 
> I am curious about your thoughts on this.
> 
>   Jeremy C. Reed
> 
> p.s. A few months ago, I started building a database of BSD and open 
> source trainers. Many from this list emailed their details. I am slowly 
> working on a website that will highlight the skills taught and locations 

Re: possible to cover all BSDA in a 3 to 5 day training?

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Louis Bertrand wrote:

> Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>>
>> What do you think about: Is it possible to cover all the BSD Certification
>> Group BSDA (BSD Associate) Certification Requirements in a 3 to 5 day
>> training?
>>
>> I don't think it is, especially since it should cover some installation
>> and some steps specific for four BSD operating systems.
>>
>> Also, is it more of a selling point or more value to have a well rounded
>> "BSDA" course versus a BSD-specific admin course that also covers some
>> Apache HTTPD, packet filtering (IPFW, PF, or IPF) basics, postfix or
>> sendmail basics, and BIND basics?
> You probably experienced this with your existing courseware: it depends
> on the skill level of the participants and their prior experience with

We teach FreeBSD basics and NetBSD admin here and we could probably 
map the FreeBSD 14 week course to the BSDA outcomes. These are 2nd and 
3rd year community college students with Linux Admin, perl and Unix shell 
background. No one with just Windows Admin can keep their head above water 
in these courses, let alone swim. Prior training and/or experience is a 
necessity.

I think there is a market for both types of course, a BSDA 
course as well as an admin course covering internet infrastructure on the 
foundational OS for it. This is subject to the prevailing malaise in IT 
enrollment which isn't going away soon. IT itself is great these days, but 
undergrad IT training is decidedly not, everywhere I go.

BSDA class, April 22-25, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

I am teaching a class focusing on the BSD Certification Group's BSDA (BSD 
"Associate") Certification exam objectives in April near DFW in Texas.

The curriculum used for over a dozen BSD administration classes has been 
adjusted to reflect the BSDA objectives which are based on the BSD 
Certification Group's Job Task Analysis.

The BSDA covers over 100 objectives in seven knowledge domains: 
fundamental Unix skills; installing and upgrading the operating system and 
third-party software; basic system administration; files, file systems, 
and disks; network administration; users and accounts management; and 
security.

In addition, the training will cover ports and packaging systems,
networking setup and troubleshooting, enabling and managing services,
file system management, various security techniques and tools, startup  
scripts, cron, periodic tasks, inetd, syslogging, SSH, and more.
The hands-on class will also provide students with experience
with multiple operating system installations.

The course details are at 

http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/bsda/

Discounts are available for groups and early registration.

Students will receive a copy of:

- The BSD Associate Study Guide: The Beginning BSD Unix Administration 
Book (printed book based on the bsdwiki project).

BSDA in Toronto in April

Hi everyone,

We've confirmed the times and locations for the BSDA at IT360 in Toronto, 
and this event has been added to the registration page.

The announcement with the details follows.

Cheers,

Dru

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The BSD Certification Group (BSDCG)  will offer the BSDA certification exam
to attendees of IT360 2008.

The exam will be paper based and in English. Exam information is available
from the Certification page of the BSDCG website. Exam candidates should 
be proficient in the BSDA Certification Requirements and the Command Reference,
both of which are available for free download from this page of the website.

Exam candidates must bring valid photo identification matching the name they
used when they registered. Those who participated in the beta program should
bring their beta certificate and/or the email address they used during the
beta program in order to use their 50% discount.

All exam sessions will be held in room 210A of the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre, North Building, 255 Front Street West.

BSDA at BSDCan? (was Re: BSDA in Toronto in April)

I did a little bit of hunting around on the sites and didn't find any
information one way or the other.

Will the BSDA be offered at BSDCan this year?  I'm trying to get a few
people I work with through this but having some difficulty finding a
venue for the test that I can justify.

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Re: BSDA at BSDCan? (was Re: BSDA in Toronto in April)

On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Bill Moran wrote:

>
> I did a little bit of hunting around on the sites and didn't find any
> information one way or the other.
>
> Will the BSDA be offered at BSDCan this year?  I'm trying to get a few
> people I work with through this but having some difficulty finding a
> venue for the test that I can justify.

Yes.  Details yet to be confirmed.

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Re: BSDA at BSDCan? (was Re: BSDA in Toronto in April)

Definitely. Once we know the room number and pin down the exam times, 
we'll add them to the registration site. Dan, is that something we can do 
now, or do we have to wait for confirmation from the venue?

Cheers,

Dru

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Bill Moran wrote:

>
> I did a little bit of hunting around on the sites and didn't find any
> information one way or the other.
>
> Will the BSDA be offered at BSDCan this year?  I'm trying to get a few
> people I work with through this but having some difficulty finding a
> venue for the test that I can justify.
>
> -- 
> Bill Moran
> http://www.potentialtech.com
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