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Andy_Herrman_22's avatar
Andy_Herrman_22
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Nov 01, 2007

SSL Tunneling and HTTP Connect

I'm looking at setting up HTTPS tunneling for our application's protocol so we don't have problems with firewalls/proxies blocking our connections. I still haven't been able to figure out quite how HTTPS tunneling works, but it looks like after I send a CONNECT message any proxies in place would start tunneling, allowing asynchronous communication (instead of the normal HTTP synchronous communication).

 

 

Assuming that's correct...

 

 

Would it be possible to have the F5 do SSL termination for this? Would it handle the asynchronous data, or would it be expecting synchronous HTTP requests?
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  • Deb_Allen_18's avatar
    Deb_Allen_18
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    Dec 20, 2007
    Actually, you'll need to disable HTTP processing for CONNECT events, so it's sort of a moot point, HTTP-wise: It would simply be a TCP connection at that point.

     

     

    Here's an article with some helpful details on how to configure a virtual server for tunneling:

     

    Click here

     

     

    HTH

     

    /deb