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NimbostratusPublic IP to damain name redirection
Hi F5 Team,
Can you help us regarding Public ip to domain name redirection.
DNS: https://f5.com
Address: 202.2.2.2
SSL Cert: Activated
Example: via nslookup: https://f5.com with public ip 202.2.2.2
when the client access https://202.2.2.2, the traffic retain https://202.2.2.2 with invalid cert.
We want to redirect the access https://202.2.2.2 to https://f5.com
thanks!
Goldz
Lee_SutcliffeNacreous
If you request https://202.2.2.2, the CN that you request in the HTTPS request (202.2.2.2) does not match that of the public SSL certificate. The browser will not do a reverse lookup, thus resulting in a certificate errot. As far as the browser is concerned, it has done it's job and got a response from the URL that you requested.
Is there any reason your clients are making the request based on IP address and not an FQDN?
Goldz_180077the customer wants to redirect the access from https://202.2.2.2 to https://f5.com.
Michael_Saleem1Cirrus
As Lee already mentioned this is not possible.
The SSL certificate error in the client’s web browser (subject name mismatch) for 202.2.2.2 will prevent the re-direct from triggering.