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Brian_Ott_11267
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Feb 03, 2005

Compression based on client

Is it possible to construct an iRule to turn on compression based on a client's speed?     We find compression to be much less effective for many of our customers, and would like to turn it...
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rapmaster_c_127
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Feb 28, 2005
I think you want to latch HTTP_REQUEST rather than CLIENT_DATA. CLIENT_DATA occurs after a TCP::collect rule, which may or may not have triggered any HTTP events. The safest place to check this metric is in HTTP_REQUEST.