Azid's InfoSec Journey

I did it! I passed the ICND2! I'm CCNA certified! I took the ICND2 on Saturday and passed with 884/1000. I passed the ICND1 in September. My write up of the ICND1 : https://azidsecurity.blogspot.com/2019/09/i-passed-icnd1.html I only got to study during nights and weekends. I worked hard for this certification. I followed the same methodology I did for the ICND1. Watched the CBTNuggets videos and take a ton of notes. Study from the Official Cert-Guide thoroughly from start to end. Practice with Boson. I had a deadline. My University exams start from December and the Saturday I attempted the exam on was the last day I could. I had to start preparing for my finals. When there was 10 days left I still had a lot to do, so I buckled up and finished the OCG, revised all topics from the notes I found on /r/ccna . I had around 3 days left when I took the first Boson exam and I scored 650. This made me stress out a lot and I panicked a lot. But I calmed myself down an...

My third semester of college has just started. The first 2 semesters were the basics of Engineering. So we had common subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Mathematics. But now the core Computer Science Engineering subjects have started. These are the subjects I have and what I will learn from them.    Java  Into to Java, Program Control Statements, Arrays,Classes, Objects and Methods Inheritance, Polymorphism and Abstraction Strings Exception Handling Interfaces, Packages, Multi-thread Programming Enumerations, Auto-boxing, Annotations Generics, Streams, Swing Fundamentals Course Outcomes: Implement Object Oriented Programming concepts. Design a GUI using Java programs and Applets. Develop Multi-threaded Applications. Creating Custom Packages and Interfaces. Data Structures and Algorithms with C Asymptotic Notations and Analysis of Algorithms Stacks, Queues and Linked Lists Trees, Graphs Hashing Sorting, Searching and Pri...

I just cleared my ICND1. So it is time to finally get my CCNA. I'm going to follow the same method of studying I did for the CCENT. 1. CBT Nuggets I trust Jeremy Cioara to keep me motivated throughout the whole course. I am going to continue studying with CBTNuggets. If I think I need some other video course, I will buy the David Bombal course on Udemy. 2. Official Cert Guide by Wendell Odom  The OCG for the ICND1 was absolutely amazing. There is so much information that you'll get lost in it. I am going to continue with this book as I need the knowledge. 3. Boson Ex-sim This was the reason I passed the CCENT. I am going to buy the exma for the CCNA too. I love their explanations and it will give me a real exam experience and I can judge myself when I take their exams. Hopefully, I get CCNA certified before December. That is the GOAL. I want to complete the certification before my semester exams in college.  Thanks for reading! AZID

This is a Reddit post on the CCNA subreddit: Hey guys! I did it! I scored 896/832 and passed the ICND1. I had limited money and couldn't afford to fail the exam. I am so happy that I cleared the exam! I am a college student and travel 130kms everyday so I could study only from 8pm to midnight. I worked very hard for this exam. In my country, people usually go to training centers and bootcamps to clear this exam, but they usually use dumps and don't teach well. I WANTED TO ACTUALLY LEARN. I needed the knowledge of these topics because I want to get into cybersecurity. So I took the Self-Study path. I tried studying slowly from January of this year, but never really understood anything and just watched the videos for the sake of it. But when the Feb deadline news came I knew I had no option and became fully focused. I re-watched all videos and took ton of notes. Then moved on to the book and then finished with the practice exams. What I used: CBT ...

I knew C before I learnt Python. There are differences between the languages, but, it is very easy if Python is your second language. Why learn Python? C has tens of lines of codes which could be done within one line with the help of Python Libraries. Python is just easier and equally powerful. It is also a great scripting language if you wanted to learn a scripting language. If you have a programming background, Python is pretty straightforward to pick up. The most onerous task is learning the libraries and idioms. You already know how programs work and you might have an idea about programming methodology. This makes learning Python a simple process. If you're learning Python and want to do it fast, I recommend this: Learn X in Y minutes(Python) This will teach you the keywords and syntax in a matter of minutes. Most people don't know this, but the official Python docs are a goldmine. It is very well written and is as good as any book. Already knowing how ...

Yay! I learnt Python using  this Udemy  course and went forward and made my first Python Project! https://github.com/utpalbalse/EmailExtractor EmailExtractor Extract all emails from a document/text and store it in a txt file. Summary: This is helpful for the people trying to copy lots of emails from a file which has other info(not just emails). Instead of copying each email, this python file extracts all emails from the document/text and stores in a .txt file. I have used the re module and the pyperclip module. Also creating a new file or rewriting the file in Python. I uploaded the project to GitHub and hence have my first open project!

Finally! My summer holidays have started. I just completed my first year of college. I'm glad its done. Here is my plan for the Summer: 1. Finish the Official Cert Guide I am going to finish reading the CCNA Official Cert Guide by Wendell Odom. This will take me about a month and I would have finished studying for the CCNA by the time the next academic year starts. LAB EVERYDAY. I will have to practice for the CCNA using labs and practice exams. 2. Python  Finish the Automate The Boring Stuff With Python video course and book. Finish the Python Mega Course:Build 10 Real World Applications video course. Learn important modules and libraries Build a couple small projects and 1 big project(self). Use Git to save and control repositories. 3. TRY and learn the basics of JavaScript Thanks for reading!  AZID