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kamlyada_209668
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusCan deactivate this cookie as per audit report -possible impacts
Dear all,
In the audit report , an issue about a BIGip cookie is raised. We think that this security issue is related to the load balancer for environment on preprod and prod who sets automati...
Kevin_Stewart
Employee
EmployeeI think the only issue with the default cookie (insert) persistence profile is that it identifies the use of BIG-IP. The cookie is by default named
BIGipServer[pool name]
example:
BIGipServermytestpool
You can absolutely change the name of the persistence cookie to anything you want, with one caveat. The default cookie name includes the assigned pool name, while any name you choose will not. If you're load balancing between multiple pools in a single VIP and using cookie persistence, the default persistence cookie will be able to track each pool individually, while your custom cookie will not.
