For more information regarding the security incident at F5, the actions we are taking to address it, and our ongoing efforts to protect our customers, click here.

Forum Discussion

Andrej_Kascak's avatar
Andrej_Kascak
Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
Apr 14, 2017

F5 Programmability for Eclipse - connection to management IP not possible

Hello all,   I installed today the F5 Programmability for Eclipse version 1.0, but I am not able to access my F5 devices. I tried to found the issue, but with no luck.   Details: - from Eclipse...
devops
iRulesLX
Jason_Cohen_417's avatar
Jason_Cohen_417
Historic F5 Account
Oct 03, 2017

The eclipse connection first attempts to connect on tcp-echo before establishing a connection. If TCP port 7 traffic is silently dropped, it will never attempt the HTTPS connection. It seems that even a RST to the initial SYN allows the connection attempt to proceed.

 

This may be your issue here.