SSL termination -- race condition?

Thanks, Colin. Sorry for the delay on this.

The problem is pretty simple to reproduce. I just have a virtual server listening on 443 with a default ssl profile...no http profile and no default pool. I attach the following irule to the virtual server.

when CLIENTSSL_HANDSHAKE {  
  log "in CLIENTSSL_HANDSHAKE"
  use node 192.168.100.7 80
}

It does seem strange. I haven't tried it yet on an updated version. Again, I ultimately need to use info in the first data packet after the handshake to select a destination server. Currently I'm using the "middle-man virtual server" technique described by unRuleY in this forum. Of course, that is a hard sell to other network admins...sounds a bit ad hoc for an F5.

Thank you,

Jeff