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Nikoolayy1's avatar
Oct 13, 2022
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Why does the Local Traffic policy allow Bot profile to be selected but the iRule can't ?

When I attach DOS and BOT profiles with local traffic policy or iRule I always need a default BOT and DOS profile even when I have a default rule that catches all the traffic. That is one thing but t...
  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Oct 13, 2022

    Two things:

    • You need to have a profile applied to a VIP to engage that HUD filter. From there you can programmatically enable/disable the profile.
    • The error in the iRule indicates that BOTDEFENSE::enable doesn't take an extra parameter. It just enables the attached BD profile. An LTM policy can uniquely select and apply a BD profile.