Kerberos is Easy – Part 2

Some of the first steps I take when I run into Kerberos/APM issues

F5 APM and Okta Integration

I'm happy to announce the F5 APM and Okta integration guide has been published on Okta's website. I've been playing with this solution for the past 4 months and I have to say it's pretty cool. F5 Access Policy Manager and Okta complement each other well and provide customers a solution to address identity, access … Continue reading F5 APM and Okta Integration →

Kerberos is Easy – Part 1

I’m about to say two words that bring tears and frustration to most application developers and administrators alike. Are you ready? Okay…. Kerberos authentication. There, I said it and if that was not bad enough I’m going to say another phrase that will cause rage and a fit that makes Lewis Black look calm…. Kerberos … Continue reading Kerberos is Easy – Part 1 →

APM Troubleshooting with ADTest

Overview When I first started working in IT it drove me crazy when users would verify if their Internet connection was working by opening a browser and try to get to Google. Ideally they should have used ping and progressed through the process of pinging their gateway then their exit router and then a public DNS … Continue reading APM Troubleshooting with ADTest →

Password Resets and User Authenticity

With any application that requires authentication you will inevitably run into a password expiration and/or lockout issues that requires a user to reset their password. I have seen organizations address this with a wide range of solutions from home grown programs all the way to multi-million dollar identity management frameworks. While both solutions will help a … Continue reading Password Resets and User Authenticity →

SAML – Client versus Server Authentication with F5 APM

As organizations start to utilize Software as a Service (SaaS) the concern on how to authenticate users becomes a critical security issue. Many organizations look to federated authentication mechanisms, such as SAML, to help address this security risk. The benefits of using SAML are that user credentials are not replicated across each vendor cloud instance … Continue reading SAML – Client versus Server Authentication with F5 APM →