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Sajan_Mania_381
Altostratus
Mar 07, 2019why we need SSL Bridging ?
Hi F5 Experts ,
Why we need SSL Bridging ? Why we need to terminate SSL on Both Virtual Server and Backend Server ? What is the need of having 2 time ssl termination here - One in f5 and one in...
Rico
Cirrus
Mar 07, 2019From an F5 perspective, it allows load balancing decisions to be made based on the encrypted data, traffic can be modified based on iRules, and, as Dylan stated above, security is very important to many major companies storing sensitive data. Plus, with the heavy reliance on cloud devices and external services, its quite possible to have to load balance to servers that require a public connection to get to. Unless you want to send plain text out to Amazon's cloud service, SSL bridging is your best bet.
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