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Thiyagu
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Oct 16, 2019

how encryption/decryption works in a scenario wherein F5 acts as a client

Hello all, Could you please help me to know how encryption/decryption works in a scenario wherein F5 acts as a client and it initiates a session to the web server in the external network which liste...
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boneyard
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Oct 16, 2019

how exactly would F5 be the client?

 

it is in several ways, for a health monitor F5 is like a client.

 

for a virtual server the F5 is like a client towards the server pool.

 

in both cases you just use a server SSL profile to enable to the encryption.

 

or do you mean something different?

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Thiyagu
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Oct 16, 2019

Thanks Boneyard. I'm F5 will be a client and it initiated a session to an external URL for example https://google.com.

 

in this scenario I would like to know how the SSL handshake works.

 

Regards,

Thiyagu