Today I went for the CEH v5 exam, EC-Council certification# 312-50, I'd been studying for it for a while. It had no less than 150 questions - and pretty tough ones too - but I managed to pass it (85% which is OK considering US law was part of the Qs).
I can really recommend you to go for this exam - it's somethin' else dude! The questions are short and exact (still multiple choice), but just the process of going there is VERY cool and interesting. Personally I downloaded a lot of spooky tools and guides, created an isolated network with virtual machines and tested, tested, tested. It was fun I can tell you - I can't seem to stop studying this stuff!
I also read 2 books on the journey:
- Michael Gregg: Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep (very good)
- Kimberly Graves: Official Certified Ethical Hacker Review Guide (very brief)
If you're a totally cool (and white) hacker dude already, you could probably go for the latter only (it will give you the overall idea of what this exam is
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