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shashe
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Sep 25, 2022

Device posture check without F5 Access guard

Can I implement device posture check on APM for remote VPN users without having to deploy an additional software like F5 access guard? I am wondering if the edgeclient software can collect the endpoi...
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Nikoolayy1
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Oct 08, 2022

Access Guard is for Per Reguest checks as the F5 Edge Client VPN agent is for session checks. As the F5 Edge client is like a browser it uses helper apps to check your device so I think that the client side checks will work even with clientless VPN/SSL VPN without Edge Client agent installed but I can't confirm like 100% but I think this is how it works:

 

https://community.f5.com/t5/technical-articles/creating-a-ssl-vpn-using-f5-full-webtop/ta-p/286314

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K08285295