Comments on: Blog: The Whole Ethan Thing….

By: Certguard and a Blog | Network Ninja

Certguard and a Blog | Network Ninja — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:41:27 +0000

[...] Since late last week there has been some waves in the online networking community about a post by Robert Williams from CertGuard. Since that post many things have happened, I am however not going to talk about the specific situation, how it is probably afecting the mentioned CCIE etc. Some notable comment can be read from members of the networking community like Colin McNamara and Arden Packeer [...]

By: anon

anon — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:49:48 +0000

There’s a spooky correlation between the traffic to CertGuard:

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/certguard.com/?src=dt100

…and traffic to another well known braindump site:

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/pass4sure.com/?src=dt100

By: stretch

stretch — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:31:09 +0000

Colin presents a very good question. =)

Ethan’s comment about having looked at TestKing materials was blown totally out of proportion. Even if the Cisco exam policy was technically violated (and this is debatable), its spirit remained intact. In my experience, people intent on cheating don’t maintain a blog detailing what they’ve come to learn in the course of study.

By: Colin McNamara

Colin McNamara — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:16:37 +0000

Arden, thanks for jumping in the pool on this one with a well written article that is straight to the point about the extortion side of this.

One question to ponder… would Robert Williams have written this article if Ethan had payed for a sponsorship…..

Colin McNamara
CCIE #18233 (proud peer of Ethan Banks)

By: Eman

Eman — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:38:51 +0000

Arden,
I enjoyed reading Ethan’s posts and your response is great. I cannot believe Network World would put that tripe in print. I think Network World owes Ethan an apology and that Mr. Williams should use other modes of advertising other than the slamming and slandering of a very talented CCIE. Ethan, don’t even think about backing down. The CCIE community is behind you and recognizes CertGuard for what they are. I speak to many CCIEs and I have had the pleasure of having Ethan in my network for a while now. Ethan is an honest person who is vulnerable because he shares his beliefs, feelings and hard work in a forum which helps many future CCIEs succeed. We need more Ethan’s and fewer inappropriate Network World articles authored by miscreants!

By: Brandon Carroll

Brandon Carroll — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:04:10 +0000

Boy oh boy. I read about this in NWWs print edition last week and was floored by it. Then I head over to their site, check out their company profile and really get a laugh. What a bunch of qualified individuals huh? Well I think that you are spot on with your assessment. What a joke. I cant believe these guys.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:42:58 +0000

I couldn’t agree more Arden. I feel they have deliberately and publicly painted Ethan as an confessed cheater who deserves his certifications revoked.

That they brought the entire issue up publicly instead of following the correct channels (contacting Cisco) makes me doubt their motives more than a bit.

Shame on you CertGuard