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Cirrostratus

Sep 07, 2016

ASM policy for non http traffic

Hi, We have created a non http (tcp) virtual server. This virtual server would listen on 888/tcp on the internet. We want to apply security policy to this virtual server (ASM policy). is it poss...

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Hannes_Rapp

Nimbostratus

Sep 07, 2016

If it's not a HTTP or Websocket application, you can't use ASM.

2funky_105078
Cirrus
Sep 07, 2016
What can you do with websocket in ASM? check files/URLs/parameters/etc?
Hannes_Rapp
Nimbostratus
Sep 07, 2016
@2funky - Great question. As this feature was just introduced in BigIP ASM 12.1, the documentation part is not as good yet. Hopefully it will improve soon. Regardless, there's an article which gives you an idea of the features offered by ASM for WS traffic inspection. Have a look at the article here (scroll down to 1) : https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/the-top-ten-hardcore-f5-security-features-in-big-ip-121-19959