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LyonsG_85618
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Dec 06, 2012

IRULE to block URI after a specific date

I have been asked to create VIP to route traffic through to a test web server.   What the customer want is a test URI that has an expiry date. The date will then be verified aganist the current da...
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Arie
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Jan 22, 2013

I noticed that you're using a 302 to send people to the Not Found page:

 

HTTP::respond 302 noserver Location "http://www.test.com/notfound"

 

Depending on how that page is handled you may be sending a 200 OK instead of a 404 (or 410), which can cause all kinds of issues (e.g. monitoring, SEO).

 

Also, if the URL will never be used again you'll want to use a 301 instead of a 302.