Forum Discussion

suthomas1's avatar
suthomas1
Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
Oct 11, 2022

HTTP Strict transport

Good day all, If the actual VM/application server has hsts enabled, is it then required to still turn on hsts in Big-IP profile? Reason for asking is we have an application that indicates its got H...
application delivery
security
  • Lidev's avatar
    Lidev
    Oct 12, 2022

    Hi suthomas,

    if you enable HTS header on your F5 BIG-IP, you will face the problem of the double Strict-Transport-Security headers.
    If multiple Strict-Transport-Security headers are set with different settings (e.g. different max-age values), the UA process only the first (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6797#section-8.1)

    Regards

Lidev's avatar
Lidev
Icon for MVP rankMVP
Oct 12, 2022

Hi suthomas,

if you enable HTS header on your F5 BIG-IP, you will face the problem of the double Strict-Transport-Security headers.
If multiple Strict-Transport-Security headers are set with different settings (e.g. different max-age values), the UA process only the first (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6797#section-8.1)

Regards