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GLM_191985's avatar
GLM_191985
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Mar 01, 2019

SSL Offloading

So basically when SSL get offloaded , it is in a plain text and it has to be forward to any port which understand plain text so when it's again 443 on server. Does it understand traffic ??  
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Dylan_375544's avatar
Dylan_375544
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Mar 01, 2019

When SSL is offloaded to the BIG-IP, the traffic must be sent to a port that is listening for and expecting NON encrypted traffic (port 80). If you send it to a back-end server that is expecting 443, or encrypted traffic, it will not understand it.

 

HERE is some good info on that topic!

 

Hope that helps! If it does please up-vote and select this answer, it'd be greatly appreciated!

 

-Dylan

 

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Dylan_375544
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Mar 01, 2019

That's a good chart!