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ghost-rider_124
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusASM and Web Service Security
Hello
I am planning to put web service (XML) on F5 for LTM/ASM. But web service security (encryption/hashing of XML payload) already implemented on server. So there is any benefit of ASM here bc...
Hi,
Is the full xml payload encrypted or just some parts ?
If you import key used for enc on the ASM, you will be able to parse the payload and apply related security check with the use of xml profile.
Otherwise, ASM will not be able to check content but only url, headers and method
Yann_Desmarest_
Nacreous
NacreousHi,
Is the full xml payload encrypted or just some parts ?
If you import key used for enc on the ASM, you will be able to parse the payload and apply related security check with the use of xml profile.
Otherwise, ASM will not be able to check content but only url, headers and method
ghost-rider_124thank you. There is option in XML profile, web security service, use client/server certificate. This certificate will be single certificate from server? Then what about on server, should I disable encryption if I am doing on F5?- Yann_Desmarest_It's up to you. But yes that's a possibility. F5 can be the endpoint that decrypt the xml content and forward it in clear text to the backend
- ghost-rider_124If I want encryption also between f5 and server, what I need to do? I mean where I have to install the server certificate as client on F5
- Yann_Desmarest_I'm afraid that you can't reencrypt the soap body to the webserver. Web Services Security signature and encryption features are solely between the F5 and the client.
- ghost-rider_124thank you for the clarification. But in xml profile under web security, I can see two certificates, one is client and other is server. What should I put on both places. I mean same certificate from the server on F5 or also client certificate from the client?