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yaoxu_11146
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May 29, 2008

is it possible to write ACL iRule for specified cell phone

our F5 is supporting a website that could be accessed by cell phone, and now i'm required to work out a iRule that could add ACL for cell phone(only specified cell phone could access this site). i kno...
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hoolio
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May 30, 2008
People have used iRules to select a special pool for WAP users (Click here). I'd be leery of using any unvalidated HTTP header as the only means to enforce an ACL though. A crafty client can set their user-agent or any other HTTP header to any value they want.

 

 

This is something that's been publicized lately with t-mobile and the iphone:

 

http://lifehacker.com/386168/get-free-wi+fi-access-on-your-laptop-at-starbucks-barnes-and-noble

 

 

Aaron