About Colin
Starting first in Unix (BSDi/FreeBSD) technical support for a shared web hosting company and working up through sys-admin and eventually to software engineer, Colin has steeped in applications and automation for over 15 years. With a background in programming and applications, he somehow ended up working in the networking world, and never looked back. Colin spent the last 10 years at F5, working on their DevCentral user community. He's excited to be a part of the ExtraHop team and looks forward to helping the ExtraHop community grow and flourish by helping IT pros better applications everywhere by wielding the power of wire data. Twitter: colin_walker.
Posts by Colin Walker
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Announcing the First Ever ExtraHop Bundle Programming Contest
Pit your ExtraHop customization skills against the best and brightest users in the community. Submit a bundle for a chance to win fabulous prizes!
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Small Appliance, Big Vision: ExtraHop 5.2
ExtraHop 5.2 launches with amazing new features, new protocols, and a powerful new appliance in a small, plug-and-play package.
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What Is LDAP, and Who Needs It Anyway?
- April 25, 2016
- Posted in Tech, Good Reads
Get an up-to-date definition of LDAP and quickly understand the impact - both positive and potentially negative - this protocol brings to an organization.
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Good Company, Good Beer, and Wicked Cool Tech at ExtraHop's Southeast User Group [Video]
- December 2, 2015
- Posted in Company
Hack the Gibson. Build a better mousetrap. Learn to do the impossible with amazing tech at ExtraHop User Groups. Here are some highlights from the recent one in Atlanta.
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New Community Forums are Live!
- September 24, 2015
- Posted in Community, Good Reads, Stories from the IT Trenches
Community interactions, often via forums, social media, etc., are a thing. They're a thing that most of us rely on, to varying degrees, every day. Whether you're choosing the appropriate solution to…
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ExtraHop Top5: June 8, 2015
Few things in life are patently irrefutable. We do, however, find comfort in those things that are. The things that we know, down to the very fiber of our being, beyond the marrow of our bones, to be…
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#Geeksquee and More: 5 Choice Moments from Interop 2015
Interop has been a staple amidst the trade show schedule for me for as far back as I can remember. At least, as far back as I can remember doing trade shows. There were some formative years on the NES…
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War Room Chronicles: ExtraHop's TME Podcast (For Great Justice!)
- April 24, 2015
- Posted in Community, Company, News, Good Reads, Stories from the IT Trenches
A white paper will always be a white paper. It will be long, likely densely packed with (hopefully useful) technical information about a product. It will take time to consume, probably cover a…
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Outranging HTTP.sys Range-Based Attacks, Trigger Style
- April 17, 2015
- Posted in Analysis, Good Reads
If you've been watching the news in the tech space this week you've probably seen plenty going on in regards to HTTP.sys. A couple days ago ( April 15) a new CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures…
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ExtraHop Top5: April 8, 2015
- April 9, 2015
- Posted in Company, Tech, Analysis, Good Reads
Welcome, intrepid reader, to the inaugural (read: first of many) ExtraHop Top5s. "But what is this greatness of which you speak?" you ask. The Top5 slices, it dices, it'll even fold your laundry…
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Turla Trojan Tactics Trounced
- January 7, 2015
- Posted in Good Reads, Industry Trends, Security, Stories from the IT Trenches
About a month or so back, just before the holiday stretch set in for many of us here in North America, Ars Technica put out an article depicting a new vector for Turla, namely a "Powerful, highly…
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Community: The Icing on Your ExtraHop & Why I'm Here
- December 17, 2014
- Posted in Community, Company, Analysis, Good Reads, Stories from the IT Trenches, Wire Data Analytics
Some days I just frackin' love what I do. Taking a figurative hammer to the metaphorical tough nut in the form of a complex problem and cracking that baby wide open is just plain fun. Getting to use…