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Xylene_UK_11374
Nimbostratus
Jun 29, 2009IIS REMOTE_ADDR
Previously we had opened a case regarding the use of the Request.ServerVariable("REMOTE_ADDR") in ASP code. When we front our ASP sites with the LTM this Server Variable is changed to the a self-ip on...
hoolio
Cirrostratus
Jun 30, 2009I agree with all of that, with two clarifications: the DLL will modify the IP address which IIS logs. I don't think it will have any effect on the SERVER_ADDR CGI variable. And with ASM it is important that the response go back through ASM so that you can see what effect the request had on the server (ie the response code from the web server). Also, there might be an issue where ASM wastes resources waiting for the response that will never arrive. This is a guess though. So I don't think nPath is a good solution with ASM.
I think a reasonable solution would be to depend on redundancy of the active-standby ASM units. Or if you're very concerned about ASM on both units being affected by some kind of attack, you could create a second non-ASM VIP on the ASM units and use that as a lower priority member in the LTM pool.
Aaron
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