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

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Chris_Olson_172
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8 years ago

How Serverside SSL works with no certificate

We are investigating implementation of serverside SSL. If I create the profile using all the defaults, will it work?   I understand that certs are about authentication as well as encryption but I...
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Andy_McGrath's avatar
Andy_McGrath
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8 years ago

The F5 acts as the clients for standard Server side SSL you do not need to assign a certificate.

 

If you were using Mutual Authentication or needed to provide a client certificate to your backend servers for some other reason then you would need to assign a certificate.