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shashe
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Dec 25, 2022

How do I allow VPN connections from Edgeclients only?

On my Big-IP 16.1.2 APM-VE, I enabled fatclient check policy that is checking for the follwoing client types: Expression: Client type is Portal Client OR  Client type is Standalone Client OR  Clie...
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buulam
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Dec 28, 2022

Hi shashe is this only happening on Mac Edge Client?

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    shashe
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    Dec 28, 2022

    no both windows and mac. I added a condition to match "Edgeclient" or "MacEdgeClient" in the user-agent string to the policy. it seems working now.

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      buulam
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      Dec 28, 2022

      Is it consistent behavior? I believe the client does make an initial GET via mini browser first to obtain login details so your additional condition would be correct

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        shashe
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        Dec 28, 2022

        I hven't heard any issues so far and not seeing any denied sessions. So I say it's catching the intiail get requests. Maybe if the user-agent changes in future, I start seeing the issue again???