Author: Jarryd Boyd

Jarryd Boyd is a Solutions Engineer for Plixer. His goals are to provide customers and future clients with the support they need to gain 100% visibility into their network environment. Jarryd studied computer science at the University of Southern Maine and double minored in biology and communication. He has always had a love for all things tech and enjoys showing people the latest and greatest. When Jarryd isn't working he spends his free time playing paintball, working on cars and playing with new tech.

Network Operations

Catch Reflection DDoS Attacks with NetFlow

08.10.16 - Jarryd Boyd

In this line of work I find myself talking with network professionals daily. With this constant exposure to a variety of network environments and people, certain terms tend to float to the surface. Lately DDOS and Reflection DDoS attacks are on the threats to discuss. They are becoming easier to conduct and larger in scale, and due to the lack of network visibility we can clearly see why there would be an upward trend in the frequency of attacks. Today we are going to take a look at a member of the denial of service family, DRDoS (Distributed Reflection Denial of Service) attacks and how we can harness the power of NetFlow to catch and monitor these attacks.

NetFlow

Find Pokemon GO Network Traffic with NetFlow

07.19.16 - Jarryd Boyd

Monitor Pokemon Go Network Traffic

So there I am monitoring my network with NetFlow and a wild application appears! Pokemon GO hit the scene last week and it’s quickly becoming one of the most popular applications to hit networks. Most network professionals are interested in seeing what applications are in their environment and who is using them. In the spirit of catching them all, I set out to find Pokemon GO network traffic with NetFlow.

General

Global Network Map | Google Map Integration

06.15.16 - Jarryd Boyd

In an industry that is ever growing and becoming more and more spread out worldwide, it has become a network professionals responsibility to manage and keep track of their expanding network. A global network map coupled with Flow technology should fit the bill quite nicely.

Network Operations

Detecting DROWN attack

04.27.16 - Jarryd Boyd

Chances are that unless you are a hermit or have turned yourself into an air-gapped server, you have heard the term “DROWN” kicking around cyberspace. I know that when I see article after article stating that 11 million HTTPS websites are at risk, I tend to get bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Let’s take a closer look at DROWN and see if your server should be added to that growing list.

NetFlow

Detecting BitTorrent Traffic

02.24.16 - Jarryd Boyd

With all of the new movies and TV shows right around the corner, I figured it would be a good time to talk about everybody’s favorite file sharing system, BitTorrent. The ability to detect BitTorrent Traffic is extremely useful, especially concerning matters of copyright. Read more