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IheartF5_45022
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Jan 19, 2017

Management routes accessible from TMM? Are we crossing the streams?

The separation of device management and data has always been a core architectural component of TMOS, however as of v12.x, HSL will be able to access syslog servers which are only accessible via the...
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IheartF5_45022
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Jan 19, 2017

Oh yes, I agree. I don't think F5 think it's a very good idea either - I feel they were pressured by those who just 'like' to keep syslog on the management interface, however I'm concerned that by doing this they have changed a fundamental construct of TMOS and (potentially) removed a security control.

 

Interested to see what others think.