Browser type deciscion for redirect?

Fair enough. Typically, you'd disable the HTTP profile before the request is parsed as HTTP in the CLIENT_ACCEPTED event or CLIENT_DATA. I'm not sure what impact there would be if the headers are parsed and then you disable the parsing of the rest of the HTTP in HTTP_REQUEST. Maybe someone else can add something here?

 

 

As for the tcpdumps, you could configure a unique SNAT address (anything but automap) for the BIG-IP to use only for your test VIP. You can then isolate both the client and serverside connections to minimize the tcpdump sizes.

 

 

Aaron