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Nimbostratus

Jun 27, 2019

Query on http profile in Virtual Server.

hi, just to give background, Presently the Virtual server is listening on port 443 and HTTP profile - none selected. I wanted to block particular string in url. I need to apply this i-rule to t...

Noctilucent

Jun 27, 2019

To put in simple words, when a HTTP Profile is applied to a VS, the bigip considers it as a HTTP traffic. So with HTTP Traffic, think what all you can do, all sort of inspections on the L7 layers are applied with this.

Hope these articles Choosing appropriate profiles for HTTP traffic & Overview of the HTTP profile will give you some insights.

T_Rajneesh
Nimbostratus
Jun 27, 2019
Thank you for your response. I knew it but my question is about impact or performance? I have backend Oracle servers...presently VS is accessed using 443 & no i-rule & don't have http profile applied. Now I need to apply i-rule to block certain strings inburl..for which I need to enable http profile..what is impact it has on existing traffic?