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F5 SSL Client facing server using HTTP only. Is this possible to use only F5 for Client Cert then translates the port to http facing the server?
F5 SSL Client facing server using HTTP only. Is this possible to use only F5 for Client Cert then translates the port to http facing the server? Please help!
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- bcarin_138538
Nimbostratus
Plan is User --to-- F5 (SSL Cert) then F5 VIP ---> to Web Server without Cert (Http only) is this possible? I tried its not working. thank you!
- PeteWhite
Employee
This is the basic bread and butter for f5 - SSL offloading.
Make sure you have a client SSL profile (with the correct certificate & key) assigned to your https virtual server, and your pool members have to have a destination port of 80.
If this is still not working, maybe you can give us more details as to why it's not working. You must ensure that you have return routing via the f5, or use SNAT.
- Emad
Cirrostratus
F5 LTM is the best for Offloading SSL. You need to create a pool like of apache webservers running on port 80. Create a VIP on HTTPS/443 Port. Before that import your ssl certificate in LTM and create and ssl profile like www.abc.com. While creating VIP Select client certificate from available list. and thats it. :)
This will help you. http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm_configuration_guide_10_0_0/ltm_ssl_profiles.html
- bcarin_138538
Nimbostratus
very cool and page is loading using https:// offloading on f5 however there is an error. page loads different looks like CSS issue but when you check the cert it says "Your connection to website.com is encrypted with 128-bit encryption. However, this page includes other resources which are not secure. These resources can be viewed by others while in transit, and can be modified by an attacker to change the look of the page. Is there a way to bypass these remarks on clients side by not clicking allow or exempt?
- PeteWhite
Employee
This is probably because the server is redirecting to the http location. Use "redirect rewrite" set to "matching" in the http profile and this will change the redirect to be pointing at https. It is also possible to rewrite hardcode html links via streams profiles and rewrite profiles. - bcarin_138538
Nimbostratus
Used https links on this.. Thanks!
- Emad
Cirrostratus
Are u using any Self signed certificate or CA-Cert.? Have you loaded caroot certificate? Also It depends which environment you are running. what type of application you are running. is it Apache web server based or java based application ?
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