http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1027 <pre>(hope this questions are legal) One thing that is not clear to me is how the BSDA questions are expressed. Do they provide you some hints about a system and ask you the commands to achieve a goal on such system, or are more general and requires you to express the commands to achieve the goal in all the systems? For instance, are expressed like: "uname -a reports bla bla, how do you configure a raid 1 on disk a and b?" or like: "how do you mirror disks a and b in every bsd you know?". Or neither of the above? Second, how important are the command flags? I mean, consider fdisk for instance: it does pretty much the same on all the systems but has slightly different flags to do the exactly same thing, so is the candidate required to know every (or at least one) flag or to just know which command (in this case fdisk) to use? Thanks, Luca </pre> Luca Ferrari 2013-02-27T07:51:55 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1024 <pre>Hello everyone, I purchased the Winter/Spring 2012 DVD (FreeBSD 8.2, etc) but haven't installed/begun the sessions yet. My intention is to install the DVD on a second PC (refurbished system which I haven't purchased yet) with the following general specs: Hard Disk: 160GB CPU: Intel Core 2, 2.80 GHz Optical: CD-RW/DVD-RW Network card: Gigabit Ethernet Memory: 4096MB OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (considering writing over entire system) I wasn't able to find the system requirements for the certification DVD and hope the system mentioned above will be sufficient for training purposes. Please advise. Thank you, Bob Perry Note: An oak tree is but a little nut that chose to hold its ground. -- Occupy </pre> Robert Perry 2013-02-11T23:54:17 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1021 <pre>Hi all, I'm thinking about trying the certification, and therefore I'm going to set up a set of virtual machines each running the latest BSDs. I believe that should suffice to study and practice with all the commands and concepts, after all for what I understand this is somthing similar to the study dvd. Or do I need to prepare myself using the study dvd because some material is not available? Luca </pre> Luca Ferrari 2013-02-09T10:55:29 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1020 <pre>Hi everyone, The Winter/Spring 2013 Edition of the BSDA Study DVD is now available for a $40 USD donation at http://www.bsdcertification.org/store. Even if you are not planning on taking the BSDA exam, the DVD provides a handy reference and a way to support BSD certification. It contains: - FreeBSD 9.0 and its ports collection - NetBSD 6.0 and the latest version of pkgsrc - OpenBSD 5.2 and its ports collection - DragonFly BSD 3.2.1 - the light-weight qemu and aqemu virtual environments so you can install and network all 4 BSDs on one system - the Handbooks and Guides for each of the BSDs - all of the BSD Certification publications Instructions for using the DVD's virtual environment can be found at the BSDA Study Wiki (http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/wiki/Table_of_Contents.html) and in the insert included with the DVD. DVD sales are used to pay for the ongoing psychometric analysis of the BSDA and the costs associated with developing the upcoming BSDP certification exam. If you would like to help move the BSDP forward, or would like to have a copy of this handy BSD reference, please consider purchasing a DVD. Cheers, Dru </pre> Dru Lavigne 2012-12-10T19:31:38 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1019 <pre>Hi everyone, Today we published the BSDA recertification policy. It took some time to establish the policy as it needed to adhere to psychometric principles. We also wanted to give certificants the choice between taking the exam again or proving that they still meet the requirements of the BSDA by continuing to use their BSD system administration skills. The news item is here: http://www.bsdcertification.org/news/bsda-recertification-requirements-published The policy itself is here: http://www.bsdcertification.org/certification/recertification-policy We updated the BSDA Certification Requirements document to add the policy. The objectives themselves did not change but the BSD versions and the Command Reference were updated. The English version of the PDF is here: http://www.bsdcertification.org/certification/CertReqBSDA2012.pdf If you would like to translate the objectives, email me for a copy of the source file. If you have any questions about the policy, feel free to ask. Please help us spread the word by sharing the news item on applicable mailing lists, blogs, forums, etc. Cheers, Dru </pre> Dru Lavigne 2012-11-15T21:51:45 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1018 <pre>Do you know of any experienced classroom instructor with lots of *BSD admin experience? Someone who would be qualified in 95% of BSDA plus professional-quality experience with advanced or further topics such as packet filter configurations and troubleshooting, web server with dynamic content setup, and email services. This person should know one of NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD very well and the basics of the others. </pre> Jeremy C. Reed 2012-08-02T16:26:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1017 <pre>Hi everyone, The Winter/Spring 2012 Edition of the BSDA Study DVD is now available for a $40 USD donation at http://www.bsdcertification.org/store. Even if you're not planning on taking the BSDA exam, the DVD provides a handy reference and a way to support BSD certification. It contains: - FreeBSD 8.2 and its ports collection - NetBSD 5.1 and the latest version of pkgsrc - OpenBSD 5.0 and its ports collection - DragonFly BSD 2.10.1 - the qemu and aqemu virtual environments so you can install and network all 4 BSDs on one system - all of the Handbooks, Guides, and FAQs for each of the BSDs - all of the BSD Certification publications Instructions for using the DVD's virtual environment can be found at the BSDA Study Wiki (http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/wiki/Table_of_Contents.html) and in the insert included with the DVD. DVD sales are used to pay for the ongoing psychometric analysis of the BSDA and the costs associated with developing the upcoming BSDP certification exam. If you would like to help move the BSDP forward, or would like to have a copy of this handy BSD reference, please consider purchasing a DVD. Cheers, Dru </pre> Dru Lavigne 2011-11-27T18:21:20 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1016 <pre>Another PDF has been generated of The BSD Associate Study Guide based on the BSD-licensed content from http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/wiki/ http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/PDF/ The markdown is converted to html to latex to pdf. It still has formatting issues and lots of minor cleanup and improvements are needed. See http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/need-responsible.html for a list of a few sections still needing content and a list of sections that have TODOs (questions or things to clarify or write). If you want to participate, please let me know. If you prefer to not edit a wiki page, you can edit the markdown files directly. http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/source/ and send me your diffs. Or you can simply send emails with your suggestions to me. While the book is not complete, I have received nice feedback over the past few years how the book has been helpful for their preparation for the BSDA examination. Jeremy C. Reed echo 'EhZ[h ^jjf0%%h[[Zc[Z_W$d[j%Xeeai%ZW[ced#]dk#f[d]k_d%' | \ tr '#-~' '\-.-{' </pre> Jeremy C. Reed 2011-11-24T06:56:41 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1014 <pre>Hi, I am trying to create an account so I can deit/add some details to the bsdcert wiki. Could someone send me the "account creation password" so I can finish registering? Thanks, Brett. </pre> Brett Mahar 2011-09-21T02:40:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1013 <pre> Hello all, Jim Brown is writing a series of articles on open source certifications, with a focus on lessons learned by the BSD certification group. The first article in this series has been published in the June issue of BSD mag (http://bsdmag.org/magazine/1741-nanobsd-and-alix) which is available as a free download. The publisher has also created a separate PDF of just this article which is available for download from http://www.slideshare.net/dlavigne/brown-bsdmag-june11. Cheers, Dru _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> Dru Lavigne 2011-06-02T12:28:59 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1012 <pre>Hi All, FYI- My email address is now jpb-2yNn5PlTyPlBDLzU/O5InQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Thanks, Jim Brown </pre> Jim B. 2011-05-22T17:16:26 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1011 <pre> Hello all, We'll be holding the first question writing session for the BSDP exam on May 15 from 9:30 - 16:00 EDT. For those of you already in Ottawa for BSDCan, we will have a room in the Desmarais Building at 55 Laurier Avenue East (same building as BSDCan). For those of you who aren't in Ottawa, the session will also be available online through the bigbluebutton video conferencing system. In order to access the session online, you will need a flash enabled web browser; a headset and/or webcam are also recommended but not required as bigbluebutton includes a live chat channel in addition to the video/audio stream. I'll post the IP address for the bigbluebutton stream a day or so before the session. If you are interested in participating, please ping me off-list so I can send you a copy of the NDA and question writer's guide. This will also give us an idea of how many people are participating so we can organize the work flow. For those of you who have never attended a question writing session before, here is what you can expect: - it is a full day of work, so expect to be busy. Those who have attended in the past have found it to be a fascinating experience that gives good insight into the process of how a certification exam is put together. - it is important to be on time for the beginning of the session as the first 30 minutes or so will get participants oriented with the day's outcomes and will further discuss how to write a good question. Due to the differences in time zones, you aren't expected to stay the full scheduled time, but should be on time for the beginning and to dedicate at least a few hours to the session. - you will want to have a copy of the BSDP exam objectives handy (http://www.bsdcertification.org/downloads/certreq_bsdp_en.pdf). You may find it easier to print out the pages containing the objectives (pages 16-76). Cheers, Dru _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> Dru Lavigne 2011-05-01T14:41:34 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1010 <pre> We're pleased to announce that after 7 months of negotiations and the work required to make the exam available in a computer based format, that the BSDA exam is now available at several hundred testing centers throughout the world. The press release is available here: http://www.bsdcertification.org/news/pr061.html Feel free to post that release on blogs, social media, and interested mailing lists. I'd like to give special thanks to the people that assisted in this major milestone: James Vasile from the Software Freedom Law Center for his assistance in the contract negotiations. Dr. Sandra Dolan, our psychometrician, for her assistance in assuring the quality and correctness of the computer based version of the exam. Lisa Lukas, Dave Moore, Stephen Schimsky, and Christina Stebbins from SMT for their training, support, customizations, and general help throughout this transition period. The rest of this email contains details for those interested in taking the BSDA at a testing center. You can view the testing center locations here: http://www.isoqualitytesting.com/mlocations.aspx. It should be noted that the bulk of the training centers are in North America but there is some coverage in countries that we have not been able to host a paper based version of the exam yet. If your organization is interested in becoming a testing center, contact me off-list for the details on becoming a testing center. Due to the costs of providing a computer based version of the exam, the price for this format has been set at $150 USD. We will continue to offer paper based versions of the exam at the price of $75 USD. If you are interested in seeing the paper based version of the exam offered at a local conference, user group, school, or employer, contact me off-list for the details on how to arrange an exam event. If you already have a BSDCG ID, you can use that when registering for a computer based exam. An entry has been added to the registration website for computer based exams: https://register.bsdcertification.org//register/register-for-an-exam. You will not be able to book a time at a testing center until you pay for your exam. Payments are still made through our registration website: https://register.bsdcertification.org//register/payment. After your payment is received, a separate email will be sent to you within 24 hours containing your testing center username and password and the rest of the information that you will need to book an exam. It is very important that you follow the instructions in that email, especially if you need to reschedule your exam date as there are monetary penalties if you do not contact the testing center within the time requirements to reschedule your exam. Once you receive your testing center email, you will have up to one year to schedule and take your exam. The FAQ has been updated: http://www.bsdcertification.org/FAQ.html. If any of your questions regarding the computer based version of the exam remain unanswered, please post them here so they can be added to the FAQ. Cheers, Dru Lavigne Chair, BSD Certification Group _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> Dru Lavigne 2011-04-20T17:04:19 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1009 <pre>Hello, Well, I've had to get a mountain of work and other issues out of the way, but now ready to start on forming training package and schedule as per previous correspondence. The first thing that occurs is establishing a framework within which training and assessment are situated. This is essential to establish and maintain training quality to, in turn, maintain the quality standard of the product. I could illustrate the needs for this, but the examples are complex and therefore long winded. Hopefully the requirement will become obvious as I go along. What I should suggest initially is that: any registered trainers would need to have attained the certifications themselves, and; that assessment/certification is conducted by BSDCert and not have the trainers certified to conduct final assessment; that all trainers and assessors be certified in the latest standard as set by BSDCert; that the whole training and assessment process be formed in such a way that it be completely transparent; that a complaints procedure for the client/student base, be in place to address any potential problems in order to provide a Q.A. factor in the process, and that this be transparent also; that assessment is based on standards that do not equate with failure, but in cases where competency is not achieved within a training unit, that an assessment of 'Not Yet Competent' (NYC), be applied and the student have recourse to a further sitting of that competency at a later date, for a minimal fee, if any; that all effort be directed by the training entity, in order to facilitate competency in these cases. In Australia, the process has been simplified by those supplying the training component also supplying the assessment aspect. One of the aforementioned issues I have been dealing with, because the proficiency/quality levels of Registered Training Organisations (R.T.O.) that conduct the training process, are assessed by comparison of student intake numbers compared to numbers of students that have attained a satisfactory assessment level, has lead to the assessment process being compromised, the process and associated product level on a persistent downward path and the whole national training process effectively rendered /dev/null. Incometent R.T.O.s maintain their existence within the market by way of this quirk, I should like to avoid the high probability of this occurring within the BSD certification process. I can understand that BSDCert may not have the facility to render this service, especially when applied to an international context, and may, in fact, have aspects as a certification body that prevent that, but I should urge that other personalities be assessed and certified as competent by BSDCert to apply the assessment process and that these people not be the same as those doing the training. Standards of training can then be set to be universal so that any certified assessor could arrive to do the assessment process and any other assessor , if brought in, would reach exactly the same finding. This facilitates the Quality Assurance factor within the process also. Thoughts? Regards, Dave Crosswell. In a world without walls, what need have we for Windows? http://www.weavers-web.org _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> David Crosswell 2011-03-10T21:24:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1008 <pre>See http://blog.lpi.org/index.php/2011/03/it-certification-and-the-value-i-got-in-it/#more-269 Originally at: "I.T. certifications and the value I got in it" http://bsdmag.org/magazine/1542-vpn-and-bsd Please share your examples... </pre> Jeremy C. Reed 2011-03-10T13:06:05 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1006 <pre>Hello, As a first post, I thought I would just provide a copy and paste of something I sent to the Dragonfly list, by way of introduction: "I have a project in mind. I recently qualified, here in Australia, as a Cert. IV, Trainer/Assessor. This is the course featured here, which will give you some idea of what that involves: http://www.carson.com.au/course_TAE40110.php I've been involved with Debian for some years, so not entirely new to the Open Source area. I'm running PC-BSD at present, just having a look, although posting this from a Windows piece of filth in an internet cafe because I'm moving house and don't have 'net access at present. What I'm looking at doing is getting up and running with the new BSD certification programme, as featured recently in BSDMag, forming that up into a registered training package in a similar format to those featured here: http://www.ntis.gov.au/ and training others up on that, while doing server installations into commercial situations to keep my head above water. Doing the BSD cert up as a registered training package would do a number of things, not least in having it accepted as an established 'qualification' here in conventional 'establishment' eyes, but also in facilitating a greater exposure of Dragonfly into a wider training environment and ongoing adoption into areas such as large corporate and govt. projects. I thought I'd contact the list to find out if there would be people here that would be interested in assisting me with getting my knowledge within the DragonflyBSD environment up and running as quickly as possible in order to achieve this. I'd be classified as a bit of a newbie, but I've been round the lists for a while so I know I don't fit into the luser category. I don't expect anybody to do it for me." Regards, Dave Crosswell. </pre> David Crosswell 2010-11-11T23:15:24 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1005 <pre>Will a registration number assigned this year (2010) still be the same for any testing events held next year? Or must we reregister in 2011? Thank you-- Richard _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> Richard DeLaurell 2010-11-01T14:12:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1002 <pre>_______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> claudiu vasadi 2010-10-14T06:35:14 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1001 <pre>BSD Certification Group members attend over 20 events a year. We need an updated brochure. Anyone want to help with content or design for the brochure? The old, out-of-date brochure is at: http://www.bsdcertification.org/downloads/Flyer2008-en.pdf (I think it is a little too busy and has typos and some wrong info.) </pre> Jeremy C. Reed 2010-09-30T16:22:08 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/1000 <pre>_______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> Ahmed.Mohamed-HzRal+vMlmSIQU3FVgWj5w< at >public.gmane.org 2010-09-22T16:36:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.bsd.certification/998 <pre>_______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert-HztvIAdYQCaOLCnKj2rQIw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert </pre> Dru Lavigne 2010-09-05T13:27:07 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.os.bsd.certification