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IheartF5_45022
Nacreous
Sep 03, 2010AES::encrypt - can decrypt function be carried out elsewhere?
If the F5 has used AES ecryption to encrypt a string via AES::encrypt, can the key be exported and used on another downstream device to decrypt? This downstream device could be
a) another...
Hamish
Cirrocumulus
Sep 03, 2010Another F5 device, yes certainly (You can prove that with an HA pair and a hard-coded or shared key. When an HA failover occurs, the backup device can now decrypt the content that the primary device encrypted)...
A non-F5 device, SHOULD be possible, but I've never tried it...
I suspect what you're trying to do though is to tunnel traffic across a network from one F5 to another? If so, why not simply use an SSL/TLS tunnel or connection?
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