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ghost-rider_124's avatar
ghost-rider_124
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Jun 23, 2014

F5 ASM Wilcard Parameter

Hello Experts   F5 is in manually learning mode . I made wildcard parameter and enable the tightening. I learned 10 parameters. I accept those parameters.   1- Should I enable the staging for a...
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nathe's avatar
nathe
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Jun 23, 2014

ghost-rider,

 

Answers to the above:

 

  1. from point 4 it sounds as if you are in transparent mode. If so then no need for staging period. Staging will only not block if the policy was set to block. transparent mode won't block so no need.

     

  2. not sure that it is

     

  3. you can do both. Yes to enable block mode if you're happy that the policy is as it should be. if you want the tighest configuration possible then do delete the wildcard entry as any parameters not explicitly defined will match this.

     

  4. yes it will do.

     

Hope this helps,

 

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