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vtortola_141944
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Jan 23, 2014

SSL off-loading and secure WebSocket

Hi,   We have a Big-IP load balancer, and we are planning to publish a web application that uses secure WebSockets (WSS).   We are a little bit concerned about how the load balancer is going to...
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nitass
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Jan 23, 2014

it is supported in 11.4.0 or later.

 

prior 11.4.0, you can use tcp virtual server with clientssl/serverssl profile or http virtual server with clientssl/serverssl profile and irule to disable http profile for websocket traffic.

 

sol14754: BIG-IP support for the WebSocket protocol

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/700/sol14754.html

 

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    vtortola_141944
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    Jan 23, 2014
    That link does not say anything about WSS and SSL off-loading.