Preparing for the CSVPN-related test requires that you obtain and study materials designed to provide comprehensive information about the product and its capabilities that will appear on the specific exam for which you are preparing. The following list of materials can help you study and prepare:
In addition, you might find any or all of the following materials useful in your quest for CSVPN expertise:
This set of required and recommended materials represents an unparalleled collection of sources and resources on Cisco Secure VPN and related topics. I hope that you'll find that this book belongs in this company. What This Book Will Not DoThis book will not teach you everything you need to know about Cisco VPN, or even about a given topic. Nor is this book a thorough introduction to VPN technology. If you're new to virtual private networks and looking for an initial preparation guide, check out www.InformIT.com, where you will find related material more suited to learning about the topic. This book reviews what you need to know before you take the test, with the fundamental purpose of reviewing the information you need to know for the Cisco 642-511 certification exam. This book uses a variety of teaching and memorization techniques to analyze the exam-related topics and to provide you with ways to input, index, and retrieve everything you need to know to pass the test. Once again, it is not an introduction to application development. What This Book Is Designed to DoThis book is designed to be read as a pointer to the areas of knowledge on which you will be tested. In other words, you may want to read the book one time, just to get an insight into how comprehensive your knowledge of VPN is. The book is also designed to be read shortly before you go for the actual test and to give you a distillation of the entire field of Cisco VPN implementations in as few pages as possible. You can use this book to get a sense of the underlying context of any topic in the chapters or to skim-read for Exam Alerts, bulleted points, summaries, and topic headings. I've drawn on material from Cisco's own listing of knowledge requirements, from other preparation guides, and from the exams themselves. I've also drawn from a battery of third-party test-preparation tools and technical Web sites, as well as from my own experience with application development and the exam. My aim is to walk you through the knowledge you will need looking over your shoulder, so to speak and point out those things that are important for the exam (Exam Alerts, practice questions, and so on). The 642-511 exam makes a basic assumption that you already have a strong background of experience with the Cisco VPN platform and its terminology. On the other hand, because the Cisco VPN products are relatively new, no one can be a complete expert. I've tried to demystify the jargon, acronyms, terms, and concepts. Also, wherever I think you're likely to blur past an important concept, I've defined the assumptions and premises behind that concept. |