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AceHunter1965
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Dec 15, 2021

BIG-IP Forward Client Cert To Node

Hey all,

 

At our company, we have a BIG-IP cluster bridging two networks, with servers / client on both sides (we also have the AWAF module which goes over HTTP requests).

 

Some of our websites require mutual TLS, but the thing is we have a lot of client certificates, and can't load all of them into BIG-IP.

Is there a way to forward the client certificate to the server? We need the certificates to be presented during the handshake and not sent as a header.

 

Thanks!

application delivery
BIG-IP
LTM
  • AceHunter1965's avatar
    AceHunter1965
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    Dec 15, 2021

    An important note - We use a single virtual server since all requests go through the same port and into the same IP

  • Amine_Kadimi's avatar
    Amine_Kadimi
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    Dec 15, 2021

    Proxy SSL is the answer. check this for more information:

     

    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13385

    https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-16-0-0/big-ip-system-ssl-administration/implementing-proxy-ssl-on-a-single-big-ip-system.html