Deciding What to Memorize

The amount of memorization you must undertake for an exam depends on how well you remember what you've read and how well you know the software by heart. If you're a visual thinker and can see the drop-down menus and dialog boxes in your head, you won't need to memorize as much as someone who's less visually oriented. However, the exam will stretch your abilities to memorize product features and functions; interface details; and proper application design, development, and maintenance approaches, as well as how they all relate to Cisco VPN solution.

At a minimum, you'll want to memorize the following kinds of information:

• The need for network security

• Securing Cisco routers

• Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)

• Threat mitigation

• How context-based access control (CBAC) works

• Authentication proxy

• Configuring the Cisco Intrusion Detection System (IDS)

• IP Security (IPSec)

• Certificate authority (CA)

• Configuring Easy VPN

• Management center for routers

Don't forget that the "Cram Sheet" at the front of the book is designed to capture the material that's most important to memorize; use it to guide your studies as well.