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RCohn_301417
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Dec 01, 2016

Qualys Scans through F5's

We are scanning segments on either side of an F5 - the F5 is returning 1000's of IPs to Qualys - even though those IPs are not there.   What is the configuration needed on the F5 to prevent this r...
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Vijay_E
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Dec 01, 2016

Which code version and what are you testing using Qualys ?

 

If you are testing ICMP ping, there is a chance that you have a Forwarding VS with icmp-echo enabled within the VS and this could cause the F5 to respond to seemingly random IP addresses.