webdav rule exclusion

Some more information on the user agent I found here

 

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832161

 

 

Windows XP

 

The WebClient service is used if you connect a Web Folders without specifying a port. For example, if you use the "http://webserver/davscratch" URL, a network trace shows something that is similar to the following in the HTTP header:

 

 

 

HTTP: User-Agent = Microsoft-WebDAV-MiniRedir/5.1.2600

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Office

 

When you use the syntax that includes a port number, you connect with Office WebDAV. For example, if you use the "http://webserver:80/davscratch" URL, a network trace shows something that is similar to the following:

 

 

 

HTTP: User-Agent = Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider DAV

 

 

Further known issues with Microsoft-WebDAV-MiniRedir

 

 

 

 

So it also looks as though there could be other issues as well depending on the clients connecting to the site most clients are running windows xp with the latest service pack but there are some clients running windows 7. However, the fact that it works without going through BigIP LTM means these issues have already been resolved.

 

 

Any update on this ?