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asaleh2222_3098
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Nov 05, 2017

F5 load balancing transparent proxys (iron port) problem

users ------> F5 -------> transparent proxys (iron port) I need to load balance 2 transparent proxy using F5 I made wild card virtual server 0.0.0.0 with specific port 443 I put irule for X-for...
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Simon_Blakely
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Nov 05, 2017

Why are you trying to insert an X-Forwarded-For header into the client request?

 

Are you using a SNAT on your forwarding virtual?

 

Do you have a client/server SSL profile on your VIP?

 

If not, then you cannot insert an X-Forwarded-For header into the request - you can only do that with unencrypted traffic.

 

Are your proxies performing HTTPS passthrough (maybe inspecting SNI headers or reverse DNS lookup) or are they MITM SSL inspection devices?