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Dazzla_20011
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Mar 25, 2011

Server-side SSL

Hi,     Currently we only do client-side SSL on the F5. I've been asked if we can encrypt the traffic from the F5 to web servers. I know the F5 can do server side ssl so just wonderered if some...
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Hamish
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Mar 31, 2011
Mutual authentication.

 

 

The certs are used not only to provide an initial public/private encryption for the SSL handshake (When they negotiate a shared secret for the data), but also to authenticate the endpoint that presents them. If you have certs on the client side, these can be used to authenticate the client to the server.

 

 

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