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Steven_J__Willi
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Nov 02, 2015

Accessing Pool members directly

Is there a way to prevent people to access pool members directly that sit behind the LTM? They must use the VIP?  
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Brad_Parker's avatar
Brad_Parker
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Nov 02, 2015

Yes, if you don't have a wildcard listener, the traffic will not route through the LTM without going through a VIP.

 

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Brad_Parker
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Nov 02, 2015
Its kinda just how LTM works. Its a default deny device and will not pass traffic unless there is a configured listener. A listener is a virtual address which usually has a configured virtual server. A self-IP itself will not forward packets without these listeners.