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Mike_59458
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Oct 25, 2011

Rule not working as expected

I have installed this rule on a virtual server for a Exchange 2010 Client Access Server. I am trying to block access to OWA on this VS. Code is below:     (code)   when HTTP_REQUEST {   ...
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Michael_Yates
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Oct 26, 2011
Hi Bayan,

 

 

Reset might be a better alternative to drop.

 

 

Reset sends a connection reset for the protocol of the request.

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.reject.ashx

 

 

Drop / Discard will just drop it and the connection will go into a wait status until it times out.

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.drop.ashx