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When Lightning Strikes
Lightning, a very amazing thing… EXCEPT when experienced up close and personal! The F5 Guy is not lightning proof (despite rumors to the contrary) nor is the equipment that I use on a day to day...
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Moving stuff around…
I have switched “The F5 Guy” website over to a new hosting provider. There are a few things out of the place at the moment, but I am slowly adding content back to the site. I was hosting the site...
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Updated Look And Feel
I hope you all enjoy the new look and feel of the site. I felt it was time to move to a different theme and after some rather extensive searching I have decided upon what you see before you. The...
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DevCentral: Online Events!
The great folks over at F5 Networks DevCentral have outdone themselves once again! They have added a new section to their website called “Online Events” and rather than do injustice to the site with...
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SecureWorld Expo – Dallas
Well, I am back from my vacation to Cozumel, Mexico. A week full of sun, sand, scuba and margaritas. Ahh… The only downside was the 11 hour trip from Cozumel back to the DFW airport. Which is...
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DevCentral Weekly Roundup Episode 107 – The F5 Guy
This last week has certainly been an exciting week for me. Not only was I fortunate enough to receive a Press Pass for the SecureWorld Expo being held in Dallas, but I was even able to participate in...
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WebAccelerator Update – From TMOS 9.4.4 to 9.4.8
I recently had the opportunity to upgrade a BIG-IP 6400 unit from TMOS version 9.4.4 to TMOS version 9.4.8. Everything went very well with the upgrade, but I did run into two little snags that I...
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2009 iRule Contest
It’s that time of year again… the leaves are changing, little kids are running around all painted up and the iRule contest finalists have been announced! From browsing the finalists entries, it is...
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SecureWorld Expo – Jeff Bardin
It is amazing how many things in IT Industry can be summed up using classic movie quotes. More often than not a one liner from “The Princess Bride” will suffice. However after attending the...
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SecureWorld Expo – Nexum LTM Workshop
On the first day of the SecureWorld Expo I was fortunate enough to attend a FREE LTM Workshop being hosted by a company called Nexum. For those who are not familiar with the company, Nexum is an...
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SecureWorld Expo – The Value
What is the value of attending the SecureWorld Expo? I have been thinking about that a bit lately and have come to a few conclusions. I will preface my arguement by saying that the SecureWorld Expo...
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DevCentral MVP Program
This just in and hot off the press. F5 Networks has created an MVP Program as a way to “to honor those who, without incentive, contribute to the greater good of our community.” Check out the link for...
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Config Sync and SSL Certificates
I learned an interesting thing about the Config Sync process the other day and I wanted to share the story with others in the community. I was on a BIG-IP 6400 unit that was the Active unit in an...
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Citrix XenApp 5.0, BIG-IP and X-Forwarded-For
I recently had the pleasure of working on a Citrix 5.0 implementation and I wanted to share a few things that I learned during that setup. As many of you know, there are two deployment guides that...
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f5 Networks – The Box of Awesomeness
I was initially going to title this blog entry “f5 Networks – MVP Goodies”. Then I thought “f5 Networks – MVP Spoils of War” would be a good title because the PS3 title “God Of War III” is coming out...
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f5 Networks ASM 10.x Training
I recently had the pleasure of traveling to Seattle for some ASM TMOS version 10.1 training hosted by f5 Networks. I can summarize this entire post simply by saying, the training is awesome. I felt...
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iPad User Agent String
Like a lot folks around the country I pre-ordered a 32 GIG iPad a few weeks ago and have been waiting eagerly to check out the new device. I already have two Apple branded products in the house, so...
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Live Meeting Portal Server and BIG-IP LTM
I setup Live Meeting Portal Server the other day and wanted to share a few things that are not mentioned in Microsoft’s documentation. The BIG-IP portion of this configuration is super easy, but it is...
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iRules – Transparent Header Modification
Time and time again I am amazed at how powerful and flexible iRules can be. I have seen a few posts on DevCentral requesting help with creating iRules that rewrite or redirect traffic without updating...
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F5 BIG-IP and Cisco VLAN to VLAN Bypass
Chetan Bhatt (aka The Bhattman over at DevCentral) is the author of the blog post below. Thank you for your contributions to the community Chetan! From time to time, I usually receive a request that...
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F5 BIG-IP – Cisco Nexus VLAN-to-VLAN Bypass
I have a guest post today that I am happy to present to you. The following content was created by a fellow F5 DevCentral MVP member named Chetan Bhatt who works for NBC Universal as a Senior Network...
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30,000+
35,455 unique visitors. Wow.. never in a million years would I have thought that so many different people would visit my humble little site. I want to thank all of you for your feedback and for all...
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DirectAccess 2010 Server Performance Tweak
Hello all! I hope that you are all out there having fun tweaking ASM Security policies, revamping your Web Acceleration profiles and having fun with the latest version of TMOS! I myself am looking...
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