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Ed_Summers
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Apr 10, 2017

BIGIP appliance - cookie encryption in hardware?

For BIGIP hardware platforms running TMOS v12.1.2 is the encryption/decryption process for cookies performed in hardware?   I am specifically interested in cookie encryption enabled using the 'coo...
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Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
Kevin_Davies_40
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Apr 11, 2017

Cookie encryption is performed in hardware, if its available.

 

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Kevin_Davies_40
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Apr 12, 2017

Ed, I have confirmed and updated my original answer. The CRYPTO:: and AES:: commands will use hardware offload (CAVIUM) if its available. This means it is highly likely that cookie encryption will be doing the same thing since they use the same functionality.