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Hannes_Rapp
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May 04, 2016

ASM: Case-insensitive entities

Policy_Export.xml: ... true ... If the case_insensitive parameter is set to 'true', are there any parts of the configuration that will remain to be treated as case-sensitive? What will hap...
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May 14, 2016

I don't see a version so I will use the latest.

 

From https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_asm/manuals/product/asm-implementations-12-0-0/29.html :

 

"By default, the option Security Policy is case sensitive is selected, and the security policy treats file types, URLs, and parameters as case-sensitive. "

 

So creating the policy as case insensitive, it follows that all file types, URLS, and parameters are now case-insensitive. Elements will stored as lowercase. (from menu help)

 

I am not sure I understand your specific question, but here is an example case insensitivity setting

 

GET /index.php?UPDOWN=ROLLER HTTP/1.1

 

GET /index.php?UPdown=ROLLer HTTP/1.1

 

Both gather under

 

Illegal parameter:: Parameter: updown on [HTTP] /index.php (notice the lower case for parameter)

 

Remember, this case-insensitivity can only be selected at creation of the policy.

 

  • Hannes_Rapp's avatar
    Hannes_Rapp
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    May 14, 2016
    Thanks for the explanation, Richard. Actually the reason for asking is that I was migrating case-sensitive policies to case-insensitive. Apart from minor issue, I got this change executed successfully. Case-sensitivity setting can be modified in existing policies, it's just not very straight-forward to do so