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dlogsdonmd
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Feb 25, 2016

When would I use serverssl profile instead of clientssl profile?

Hello,   Our default for our VS objects is clientssl profiles. We typically create both an HTTP and HTTPS object. Assign a HTTP->HTTPS redirect to the HTTP object and configure and assign a client...
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Feb 25, 2016

If you have client ssl profile and server ssl profile you are doing 'ssl bridging'. This means that you are decrypting on the F5, then the F5 as a client starts a new ssl session with backend server This method allows the F5 to see layer7 traffic bbut the traffic is encrypted on both client side and server side of the connection.