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Elasa_26701
Jan 22, 2015Nimbostratus
Client Source IP - SSL pass through
Hi,
the Cisco smart space needs to know the source IP address of the client to register it and accept the traffic.
Also SSL termination cannot be done on F5 due to some limitation of application. so ...
R_Marc
Jan 22, 2015Nimbostratus
You could, in theory, utilize Proxy SSL, assuming your security policy allows it. This requires that you have the same SSL cert and key on all the pool members and that cert/key is available to the F5 as well.
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/300/sol13385.html
With this configuration you can use an iRule to insert/modify X-Forwarded-For.
This is, for all intents and purposes, doing a man in the middle. It only works for RSA. If you require ECC it doesn't work.
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