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boneyard
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Jun 29, 2015

i don't believe that APM (authentication) was ever a requirement for using the BIG-IP (or any system) as a reverse proxy. in principle a reverse proxy is nothing more then a device which request information from servers and services it to clients.

 

based on that i don't see why websockets are any different then other other tcp protocol.

 

in this sol it is stated you can even load balance it fine, showing the separation still exists: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/700/sol14754.html