Mar 27, 2026 - For details about updated CVE-2025-53521 (BIG-IP APM vulnerability), refer to K000156741.

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Thiyagu's avatar
Thiyagu
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Oct 15, 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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Chandru_01
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Oct 16, 2019

If F5 is used as a proxy server, for sites like google.com, you will not be able to intercept the SSL as google will not allow the connection considering a "Man in the Middle" attack. You may have to enable SSL passthrough for the google session.