Why I hate MS
Travis Roy
travis at scootz.net
Tue Apr 26 12:45:02 EDT 2005
And people wonder why I don't trust certifications.
(generally) they don't teach you anything, they just teach you how to
pass a test and get a pretty cert on the wall. It's even more the case
when it comes to MS certs.
Hell, I'm a "certified solaris administrator" but because I never really
worked on a solaris box, all the specific solaris stuff is lost on me..
Not that I couldn't find the info I needed in 5mins on the interweb. To
me that's more important then a stupid piece of paper.
>Mostly because the people who admin their systems are completely
>ignorant of *ANTHING* related to computers or networking. Take this
>exchange for example:
>
> MCSE> I need your SSL certificate
>
> me> okay, here
>
> 2 hours later
>
> MCSE> That certificate isn't any good.
>
> me> what do you mean? It's what GeoTrust sent me.
>
> MCSE> It doesn't have the key.
>
> me> That doesn't mean it's broken. It means you don't have the key.
> Here.
>
> 2 hours later...
>
> MCSE> I can't use that key.
>
> me> why not?
>
> MCSE> Because it wasn't generated on the Exchange Server.
>
> me> That's absurd.
>
> me> don't they use standard X.509 certificates?
>
> MCSE> I think so.
>
> me> Then what I gave you is fine.
>
> MCSE> But I can't combine them.
>
> me> why would you want to combine them?
>
> MCSE> so Exchange thinks it created the certificate.
>
> me> Are you sure you don't want the PKCS-12 file?
>
> MCSE> I don't know what that is, and I'm pretty sure MS doesn't use those.
>
> me> show me what you're doing.
>
> <a lot of pointing and clicking ensues>
>
> me> Right there, it says (i.e., .p12, ....)
>
> MCSE> yeah, but that doesn't mean anything. It wants a request,
> a key, and certificate.
>
>Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggg!!!!!!!!!!
>
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