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Youssef_Ghorba1
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Jan 23, 2020

Disable "Connection: close" effect in server response

Hello, I have a faulty application that mistakenly sending "Connection: close" on specific HTTP 1.1 requests. LTM, upon receiving the "Connection: close" response from the server tears down the s...
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Youssef_Ghorba1
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Jan 26, 2020

Thank you for taking the time to answer this question. Indeed OneConnect can help. But it adds other side effect with this faulty app (especially when coupled with SNAT)

I was really surprised/disappointed that the "decision" to close the server side connection (based on the Connection: close header) was made before any iRule was processed. I was expecting some hook allowing me to patch the response as it arrives on LTM.