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Prince's avatar
Prince
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Nov 13, 2017

Public SSL cert on F5 and Self Signed on Server

Hello Folks,   If planning to implement SSL bridging with external cert installed on F5 and backend server uses self signed, would like to know   1) Will clients get an error while accessing th...
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JustCooLpOOLe
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Nov 13, 2017

Since F5 acts as a full proxy, the client should only interact with the F5 and the server will only interact with the F5. The external cert (I'm assuming a CA cert) should be applied on the client-side SSL profile whereas your self-signed will be applied on your server-side SSL profile.

 

It should be that simple. Hope that helps!