As you might have noticed its been a bit quiet around here, since after I went on holiday.

When I went away I decided that I would complete my honours degree which meant I would not have enough time to continue studying for my CCIE, so the Cisco studies were moved to the backburner.  I’m pleased to say the degree has been completed and I am in a position to start studying again.

My dissertation involved analysing if BGP-4 was fit for the purpose of Internet routing, I also performed an analysis of the CPU requirements for BGP & OSPF with some very interesting results, I will post snippets of my research up here soon.

I also have a great new job and work in computer security for a UK ISP, but wont be working with routing & switching on a daily basis anymore which has worried me slightly but I still want to achieve my CCIE as its a lifetime goal.

It hasn’t been announced publicly yet but I will be giving a talk in August 2009 on “Securing Networks from an ISP Perspective” at a large computer security event called Hacking at Random, the last event in the series 4 years ago was called “What the Hack”.  If your attending please give me a shout.

I’m going to put a timetable for my studies online in the next week or so and continue to use this blog as a study tool to keep me motivated and all my notes in one place. But I wont be ramping the study time from manageable to crazy until after Hacking at Random.