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ssenecal_87343
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Nov 10, 2009

get incoming protocol

This is probably a really dumb question, but I can't figure out how to get the incoming HTTP protocol. ie, if the user accesses "http://server.com" I want "http", or if the access "https://server.com" I want "https". Is there a way to do this? Alternatively, if I could get the entire URL that would be even better.

 

 

I am trying to append the original URL to a redirect using:

 

 

HTTP::respond 302 Location "http://server.com:3080/da/UI/Login?goto=[URI::encode "[HTTP::protocol][HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"]"

 

 

 

Any ideas?
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  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Nov 10, 2009
    Hi,

     

     

    That's not a dumb question at all--we had a recent discussion about this topic in this post:

     

     

    examining the "http://" portion of a url

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=5&tpage=1&view=topic&postid=86063

     

     

    If the VIP you're using the iRule is only used for HTTP you could hardcode it to http://. If it could be used on an http or https VIP, you could either check TCP::local_port for 80 or 443, check [PROFILE::exists clientssl]==1 to see if a client SSL profile is configured on the VIP, or use SSL::cipher to check if the connection was encrypted.

     

     

    Aaron
  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Nov 11, 2009
    Just to clarify, SSL::cipher will only work for a VIP which has a client SSL profile enabled. So the scenario you would use SSL::cipher to determine whether the clientside connection was using SSL is if you had a client SSL profile configured with the non-ssl option enabled.

     

     

    Aaron