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som_86408
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Jun 04, 2018

Self Signed cert on Server and external CA cert on F5

Hi,   In a recent requirement, I have to use SSL encryption in between client to F5 and F5 to back end servers communication. I am familiar with the first one which will be served by external CA ...
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    Martijn_144688
    Jun 04, 2018

    Hi,

     

    When the backend server is using self signed certificates, you can use the serverssl-insecure-compatible SSL profile on the server side.

     

    This way, the F5 accepts the self signed certificate without the need to import anything on the F5.

     

    Regards, Martijn.

     

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Martijn_144688
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Hi,

 

When the backend server is using self signed certificates, you can use the serverssl-insecure-compatible SSL profile on the server side.

 

This way, the F5 accepts the self signed certificate without the need to import anything on the F5.

 

Regards, Martijn.

 

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som_86408
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Jun 06, 2018

thanks a lot Martijn.