

Series: Official Cert Guide
Hardcover: 608 pages
Publisher: Cisco Press; 1 edition (September 11, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1587205661
ISBN-13: 978-1587205668
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 1.5 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
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I apologize for the harshness of the review that is about to follow, because I'm sure the author spent many long nights creating this book and was sincere in his attempt to deliver a quality product. But, to put it very flatly, this book is terrible and is hands down the worst technology text book I've ever read. I feel like I would be doing a disservice to potential buyers if I were to frame this in any other light. I'm also quite surprised at the multitude of positive ratings this book has garnered. Having spoken with several people who have also studied for and passed the CCNA Security, I've found that not a single one has had good things to say about this book and the overall response has been largely negative.To start, this book was very clearly not written in the order that it is presented. In chapter 2, he refers to the management plane without having ever explained what it is. In chapter 3, he talks about how you can setup a method list without ever first explaining what a method list does. Later in chapter 3, he states "as done previously, comments about each of the commands and what their purpose is are included" which is just embarrassing because up until this point of the book he has not shown a single command. I've no idea what he might be referring to. He then goes on to mention how this might come off "as a review" due to the previous chapter. But considering that this is the first time the topic has been discussed, I would find that highly unlikely...Another glaring issue is the numerous references to chapters and examples that are not in the book. At one point he mentions, "Hashing is a method used to verify data integrity.
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