Don’t Take the Impostor’s Bait

Phishing has been around since the dawn of the internet. The term was first used in an AOL Usenet group back in 1996 but it wasn’t until 2003 when many baited hooks and lures started dropping. Popular transaction destinations like PayPal and eBay were some of the early victims of these spoofed sites asking customers […] Continue reading Don’t Take the Impostor’s Bait

750th Blog Spectacular – Lessons of the LightBoard

I recently built out a LightBoard Studio for my home office so I can start contributing to the awesome LightBoard Lessons on DevCentral. These are short, informative videos explaining various technologies and often, how to implement on a BIG-IP system. Instead of writing on a whiteboard and looking over your shoulder into the camera as […] Continue reading 750th Blog Spectacular – Lessons of the LightBoard

Q/A with Secure-24’s Josh Becigneul – DevCentral’s Featured Member for September

Josh Becigneul is the ADC Engineer for Secure-24 and DevCentral’s Featured Member for September! Josh has been working in the IT industry in various positions for a little over 10 years. He’s moved through various disciplines including MS server administration, Linux, Networking, and now has been working primarily with F5 BIG-IPs. For the past 3 […] Continue reading Q/A with Secure-24’s Josh Becigneul – DevCentral’s Featured Member for September

Time to Get Prepping for the F5 Certification 201 Exam

Less than a month after gaining some cred (and relief) from passing the F5 Certification 101 exam, the DevCentral team is now embarking on our 201-TMOS Administration journey. The 201-TMOS Administration exam is the second exam required to achieve F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator status. You see, the 101 is simply a gauge – a benchmark […] Continue reading Time to Get Prepping for the F5 Certification 201 Exam

I Am an Application Delivery Fundamentalist!

Fun and a little mental. If you’ve been following along the DevCentral team’s journey toward F5 Certification, then you may be aware that we were in Chicago last week for F5’s Agility 2016 conference and took our 101 Application Delivery Fundamentals exam. I am happy to report that all of us, Jason, John, Chase and […] Continue reading I Am an Application Delivery Fundamentalist!

Q/A with SpringCM’s Joel Newton – DevCentral’s Featured Member for August

Joel Newton is a Senior DevOps System Engineer at SpringCM, a current DevCentral MVP and DevCentral’s Featured Member for August! SpringCM believes in leveraging technology to deliver immediate savings by automating and accelerating business processes – essentially, bringing the power of the cloud to contract and document management. SpringCM was using BIG-IP LTM to load-balance […] Continue reading Q/A with SpringCM’s Joel Newton – DevCentral’s Featured Member for August

Is 2016 Half Empty or Half Full?

Updating passwords is a huge trend in 2016 With 2016 crossing the half way point, let’s take a look at some technology trends thus far. Breaches: Well, many databases are half empty due to the continued rash of intrusions while the crooks are half full with our personal information. According to the Identity Theft Resource […] Continue reading Is 2016 Half Empty or Half Full?