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Meer
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Apr 07, 2025

Scenarios where Service Policy should be used over iRule and Vice versa

can anyone help me with some examples where service policy should be used instead of using an iRule and vice versa but remember example should be where requirement can be acheived using both service ...
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Meer
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Apr 08, 2025

It is written ASM DDoS is going to be executed first then Bot Defense and after that ASM Policy.

With respect to LTM and ASM like we have service polices, irules etc etc

Is it the order would be like ASM DDos > Bot Defense > Service Policies > Irule (if configured) > then rest of the settings configured at layer 7 security in ASM

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    Injeyan_Kostas
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    Jun 13, 2025

    It depends on the context of Policy or iRule.
    For example an irule could have Client_Connect event which is triggered before even the actual request, or HTTP_REQUEST_RELEASE which hits just before the request leaves F5.
    More over you could even disable ASM with an irule or select spesific ASM policy.