[BSDcert] Ideas on BSD Certifications

[Jacek Artymiak (devGuide.net)]

Mikel King wrote:

> I am concerned about bloating the certs. What one person feels is basic 
> is advanced to another. I think beyond basic security such as initial 
> out of the box hardening or locking down you inetd.conf for instance 
> which would be common to all BSDs, everything else should be left to the 
> elective advanced certs that are say OS specific. These first two certs 
> should really be the basic minimal qualifications to administer a BSD 
> box across the board. Once you start throwing in all of the various 
> package/port methods, security theorems, et cetera it becomes a platform 
> for enforcing/validating ones agenda rather than a proper cert. Again 
> I'm just concerned.

One way to avoid bloat is to start at an intermediate level where you
don't have to explain to people how to use the system manual or vi.  I
would much rather want to develop a certification program for people who
know what Unix is rather than for people who have never worked on the
command-line.  Let's not be afraid to tell people who want to get BSD
certification to do some work on their own before they begin they
preparation for the BSD certs.

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Jacek Artymiak
jacek at devguide.net