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Dec 11, 2017

Strange behavior with "DNS::is_wideip" command

We are issuing a strange behavior with the command "DNS::is_wideip". Documentation say '''This iRules command returns status (true/false) if a string is a configured wide IP. (https://devcentral.f...
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Dec 11, 2017

Adding more logs:

log local0.info "isWideIP '[DNS::question name]'? -> '[DNS::is_wideip [DNS::question name]]'"

Here what we got:

Dec 11 11:39:09  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '0'
Dec 11 11:39:09  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '0'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '0'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '0'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '1'
Dec 11 11:39:10  info tmm1[10927]: Rule /Common/GTM_FILTER_DOMAIN_IRULE : isWideIP 'mydnsalias.domain.com'? -> '0'

Note: when it happens, it seems to be one in two...