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John_Graat_4571
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Apr 08, 2010

Connection with client closed but data is still passed to backend server

I have an iRule which protects a backend server for unauthorized access.   If the client ip-address does not appear on a whitelist, TCP::respond is called from within   CLIENT_ACCEPTED with an ...
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John_Graat_4571
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Apr 20, 2010
Hi Aaron,

 

 

thanks for the answer. I tested with 'reject' instead of 'TCP::close' and that indeed does prevent the client data from being transmitted to the pool members.

 

 

John