May 14, 2009 trainsignal.com
Hi there! Have any big plans for this summer? How about getting that certification you've been putting off all year? While everyone else is taking time off -- you'll be taking your career to the next level. We've prepared a number of resources to help you prepare for your next cert and get your dream IT job.  Use your summer months wisely -- get your career back on track with a brand new cert under your belt. -- Kasia Grabowska, Train Signal Newsletter Editor
Articles In This Issue • Why Network+ 2009 is the perfect primer for aspiring IT Pros • The PING of Death and Other Network Attacks • How to Share Files Between Mac and PC -- Leopard and Vista
Why Network+ 2009 is the perfect primer for aspiring IT Pros Posted by Gosia Grabowska
I want to be an IT professional, but where do I start? -- I get asked this question almost every day and I can see why -- it’s not as simple as it sounds. What to do? Where to start? There are so many different specialties and certifications that many people get discouraged just by looking at them. My opinion -- the best place to start your career as an IT pro is by getting your CompTIA Network+ certification. This vendor-neutral certification can later on be applied to Microsoft, Cisco, Linux, and many other certifications. Continue reading: Why Network+ 2009 is the perfect primer for aspiring IT Professionals
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The PING of Death and Other Network Attacks Posted by Stelios Antoniou
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks are the most common network attacks today. The intention of the attacker is to stress the victim with a tremendous amount of spurious traffic so that the network has no more free resources to process normal legitimate traffic. Learning about these types of network attacks -- learning your enemy -- will help you be prepared for the worst. Today I will focus on the most important types of DoS attacks: SYN Flood, UDP Flood, ICMP Flood, Land Attack and Teardrop Attack and ... the PING of Death. Continue reading: The PING of Death and other Network Attacks
How to Share Files Between Mac and PC -- Leopard and Vista Posted by Eric English
Macs are becoming more and more prevalent, and there can be times when you need to be able to share files between your Mac and your PC. As a follow up to my articles on setting up a small home network, let’s talk about sharing files between Leopard and Vista. Today we’ll discuss accessing shared files from the Mac, and from the PC. Continue reading: How to Share Files Between Mac and PC -- Leopard and Vista
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