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Chris_Grabill_2's avatar
Chris_Grabill_2
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Dec 19, 2016

Help setting the mss on the client side conenction with an irule

I am trying to set the mss on the client side connection to different sizes based on source ip. I have read that you cannot choose the TCP profile with an irule but with 11.6 you can use the TCP::set...
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Ed_Summers's avatar
Ed_Summers
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Dec 20, 2016

CLIENT_ACCEPTED doesn't 'fire' until after the TCP connection has been established (the handshake completed). MSS is advertised as part of the SYN packet from each host - so set before that iRule would go into effect. I'm not sure what iRule event should be used for this - I'm doing a little digging as I'm curious also.