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drhawkings_2156
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May 04, 2010

LTM migration for Proxy, Anti-Spam and web servers

Can anyone advise on the configuration of LTM for Proxy, Anti-Spam and web servers?   The objective is to load balance server traffic or active/passive.   Attached is the diagram   The confus...
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hoolio
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May 04, 2010
In addition to Michael's helpful comments...

 

 

LTM can act as a reverse proxy for TCP and other protocols. It cannot act as a web proxy for HTTP/S.

 

 

F5 provides the Message Security Module for blocking blacklisted or disreputable source IP addresses for SMTP. See the product page on F5's main site for more details:

 

 

http://www.f5.com/products/big-ip/feature-modules/message-security-module.html

 

 

Aaron