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Exam 642-511: Cisco Secure VPN

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Cisco’s exam 642-511, Cisco Secure Virtual Private Networks (CSVPN) is a core requirement for the Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) certification as well as for the Cisco VPN Specialist designation. It is a mid level exam for IT professionals who have the knowledge and ability to describe, configure, verify, and manage the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator, Cisco VPN Software Client, and Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client feature set. The candidate must hold a valid CCNA or CCIP certification as a prerequisite to this exam.

Cisco does not publish the pass score for this exam which can include these types of questions: multiple-choice single answer, multiple-choice multiple answer, drag-and-drop, fill-in-the-blank, and simulations. The exam has between 55 to 65 questions and lasts 75 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

Overview of Virtual Private Networks and IPSec Technologies
Cisco Virtual Private Network 3000 Concentrator Series Hardware
Configuring the Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator for Remote Access Using Pre-shared Keys
Configure Cisco Virtual Private Network 3000 Series Concentrator for Remote Access Using Digital Certificates
Configure the Cisco Virtual Private Network Firewall Feature for IPSec Software Client
Configure the Cisco Virtual Private Network Client Auto-Initiation Feature
Monitor and Administer Cisco VPN 3000 Remote Access Networks
Configure the Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client for Remote Access
Configure the Cisco Virtual Private Network 3002 Hardware Client
Configure the Cisco Virtual Private Network Client Backup Server and Load Balancing
Configure the Virtual Private Network 3002 Hardware Client for Software Auto-Update
Configure the Cisco Virtual Private Network 3000 Series Concentrator for the IPSec Over UDP and IPSec Over TCP
Cisco Virtual Private Network 3000 Series Concentrator LAN-to-LAN with Pre-Shared Keys
Cisco Virtual Private Network 3000 Series Concentrator LAN-to-LAN with NAT
Cisco Virtual Private Network 3000 Series Concentrator LAN-to-LAN using Digital Certificates

Editors Comments: The Cisco Secure Virtual Private Networks (CSVPN) is still a required exam for the CCSP; however, examinees may choose to replace this exam with the Securing Hosts Using Cisco Security Agent (HIPS), exam... Read More

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Fair exam	steve_steele on Thursday, February 16, 2006

Passed today with 912. I found the exam to be a fair test,straight forward with no tricks. It definiately helped doing CSPFA and SECUR first as IPSEC got reasonable coverage on those exams. I bought a 3005 and 3002 to play with which made getting a handle on concentrator menu navigation pretty easy. I use www.cbtnuggets.com for training material and have found it excellent and cheap. I've now passed the last 7 exams i've taken on the first attempt after discovering their site.

Passed today w/ 945	arley on Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Very very tough exam. Believe it or not, they ask about the color of the VPN Client's icon. What else can I say? Mind all possible client-2-lan and lan-2-lan scenarios :-) IPSec over TCP, UDP, NAT-Traversal, LAN-2-LAN w/ NAT, RRI, VRRP, OSPF/RIP...you name it, all the little details trough the global concepts, sorry, but you'll get them on the exam. Keep an eye on main IPSec/IKE concepts, sw version requirements and on the confusing concentrator menu-structure, I've got about 3 'where is that' kindy questions. Cheers and good luck.

success with 825	hadi0786 on Sunday, December 19, 2004

CSVPN(642-811) is really a tough exam by cisco used to bunch mark of what you have had exectly know either from books or working practicly, you must be very common to all the concepts before enrolling to the exam, best of luck to all you people going to attept CSVPN and wish me at bilal733@yahoo.com a very good luck as i am now going to take CSIDS and other 3 core exams to be CCSP.

the hardest yet	kiko1234 on Monday, November 29, 2004

dont know whats up with this test but its the hardest I have taken so far. PIX was not easy either but out of the CCSP the VPN and than PIX are the hardest. Could not believe when I failed it the second time (today)...I'm drunk now...my life will not end though and I will beback to retake it but I almost wanted to thrash the damn testing center after failing the 2nd time...good luck you all...

Vague and Misleading	netrasher on Friday, November 12, 2004

This wasn't a difficult exam to pass, 58 questions and 790 is a pass, but many of the questions were very poorly written. A lot of the questions were extreamly vague or misleading with muliple correct answers. Most the questions I drew seemed to focus a lot on the Cisco 3002 VPN Hardware client. The simulations really weren't difficult, I was able to pull them off without ever having to touch a Cisco 3000 VPN Consentrator or simulator before. The test also was strong on firewall policies, filter policies, bandwidth reservation poicies, and the auto-update feature and all the other different things that can be pushed from a 3000 Consentrator to a 3002 hardware client or the Cisco Unity Client; so be sure on what configurations can be pushed to either or both clients. Good Luck if your planning on taking this soon, it's very frustrating because of how vague and misleading the questions are.

Misleading Question	littlejerry on Thursday, July 08, 2004

852 out of 1000 passing is 790 a lot of the questions are misleading and have multiple correct answers it is more of a brain teaser than anything.