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Akash_549
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Jul 26, 2012

SSL passthrough

Hello, I want to load balance (least connection) SSL traffic terminating straight on the server. I was looking into something called 'SSL-passthrough' but can not understand how it will exactly carr...
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BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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What_Lies_Bene1
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Nov 05, 2012
Santosh is correct. The 'passthrough' just refers to the fact the SSL is passed through the device to the servers, not terminated on the F5. Note that this means you cannot apply iRules, compression and a host of other features and you also lose some flexibility with persistence. In my experience, it's normally worth the time to terminate on the F5 and re-encrypt to the server (if it must be SSL end to end) so you get all of the benefits of LTM but maintain your security.