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zdvickery_12307
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Apr 18, 2013

F5 Big-IP with SSL and TCP keepalives

We have an application which includes a persistent SSL connection from a remote endpoint to a central server. These connections are long-running and use TCP keepalives to monitor the health of the l...
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Apr 18, 2013
In our case, the keepalives originate with the server (in the data center) since it knows the appropriate rate for the type of endpoint it is talking to. If the F5 in the same data center responds to the keepalive, it doesn't really tell us anything. You do have a good point that if the endpoints originated the keepalives the solution might be good enough.

 

 

We do have other virtual servers bound to this virtual IP. Disabling ARP was not something I'd thought of. Thanks!