need help with strange java error

hoolio

 

 

i have an interesting update for you...

 

 

turns out, this is related to a bug within various java versions which they still haven't managed to fix. apparently, java suddenly stops referencing the big ip cookie and therefore the connection is reset and the client receives another cookie/session id from big ip causing the application to kick them out!

 

 

see this article from sun... http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6799990

 

 

obviously this doesn't appear to be a problem with big ip itself, but we are reasonably confident that by changing the persistence from cookie to source address the problem will go away

 

 

unfortunately, we actually need to use cookie persistence for users coming from certain subnets. therefore, i need to work on an irule that will identify where a user is coming from and then make a decision whether to use cookie or source address persistence

 

 

if you could offer any input/advice it would be much appreciated

 

 

thanks