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Nikoolayy1's avatar
Nikoolayy1
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Mar 21, 2021

F5 ASM/WAF in a transparent bridge Reverse Proxy mode

I think that this is good to know. Many WAF vendors nowadays say things like Reverse Proxy/WAF in transperant bridge mode and say that only a few other vendors can do it. The F5 device VIP with a des...
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epaalx
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Apr 06, 2021

Why is applicable product showing : BIG-IP, BIG-IP ASM "11.6.0, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.5.0, 11.4.1, 11.4.0" but not later versions?

 

Is there a recommended method of implementing ASM in true transparent mode - where BIG-IP has no self-ip IP addresses and is able to inspect HTTPS traffic without terminating it? Is "Proxy-SSL" feature a possible candidate for the latter, but if so, is it not limited by inability to transparently intercept traffic secured using DSA and ECC?