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smalex
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Mar 29, 2018

HTTP Profile linking for ASM

I am new to F5. We have got ASM license and need to implement them. Some of our live virtual servers do not have a http profile linked to it. I understand http profile needs to be linked if asm has t...
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nathe
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Mar 29, 2018

smalex,

 

The default http profile is normally sufficient and it's good to see that you are decrypting the traffic (clientssl) as this is also a pre-req for ASM inspection (and the http profile as well). I'm not sure anyone can guarantee that there would be no issues with "blindly" adding the profile. Best practice to do this in a Change window and/or on non-production VIPs.

 

Good luck, hope this helps.

 

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