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Nick_T_68319
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Aug 31, 2010

Cookie encryption

I have a lot of web sites using the F5 default cookie for the primary persistence method. When using this cookie, it names the cookie BIGipServerPOOLNAME. This is cool, but now I have a request to e...
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hoolio
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Apr 25, 2013
Here's an example iRule which encrypts cookies using a pattern for the name(s):

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.Encrypt-HTTP-cookies-with-dynamic-names.ashx

 

 

Please do open a case with F5 Support though to request this:

 

 

 

There's also a request for supporting wildcards in the HTTP profile's cookies to encrypt field: BZ227249.