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Bastien_8356
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Jun 07, 2011

iRule to block user coming from 1 URL

Hi there,     I'd like to block any http request to any user coming from a particular website.     It's going on a web server that is behind the F5 and already have a public IP address. I...
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Michael_Yates
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Jun 08, 2011
If your DNS is pointed to that IP Address, then you could change ownership of the IP Address.

 

 

Assign the IP Address to the BIG-IP and assign a different IP Address on the server. That way the traffic will flow through the Load Balancer and then to the server (after whatever manipulation you want to do with your iRules.

 

 

You cannot have the same IP Address on two devices, it creates an IP Address Conflict.

 

 

DNS -> F5 Virtual Server -> Pool (containing your server IP Address and Port).