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uni's avatar
uni
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Aug 13, 2013

Allowing access to activate.f5.com through a firewall for ASM signature updates

Can the IP address of activate.f5.com change? A customer of mine allows their ASM to access the site by IP address in their firewall for signature updates, but a couple of months ago the address chan...
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hoolio's avatar
hoolio
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Aug 14, 2013

I'll check with IT on activate.f5.com and callhome.f5.com and get back to you. I assume we're using multiple carriers and/or dynamically resolving the hostnames via GTM but will let you know. Hopefully we can provide a full list of all possible IPs and an idea of whether/how frequently they could change.

 

I'd suggest you consider scripting an update though to the ACL based on the current resolution of the hostnames if that's something your firewall can accommodate.

 

Edit: I have a ticket open with IT. I'll let you know what I get back.

 

Aaron