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Ross_Vandegrift
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusWildcard forwarding VIP connections, Immediate Idle Timeout
Hi everyone,
In my LTM implementation, an HA pair of BIG-IP boxes act as the default gateway for clients that are load balanced behind it. As such, we need to provide IP service to the...
epaalx
Cirrus
Cirrus> A zero timeout requires more configuration that may not be worth it.
Apologies for opening a new can of works, but can you elaborate on what you mean "more configuration"?
In the context of TCP, I understand that we'd need loose initiation to allow any non-handshake packets being forwarded, however, in the context of UDP, what's the "more"?
Does immediate mean a Connection Table entry is created and erased (during processing of the datagram/packet) or that an entry is not created at all? Either way, wouldn't it make sense that reset on timeout is ignored?
