Configure the F5 BIG-IP as an Explicit Forward Web Proxy Using LTM

In a previous article, I provided a guide on using F5's Access Policy Manager (APM) and Secure Web Gateway (SWG) to provide forward web proxy services. While that guide was for organizations that are...
Updated Dec 08, 2022
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Apr 11, 2019

@Sergi0 : the Explicit Proxy Virtual Server convert proxy connection with CONNECT method to TCP connection. CONNECT method is usually for HTTPS connection when the proxy must not inspect the content.

 

This connection is injected into an internal network to be forwarded to the destination.

 

Then the HTTPS virtual server with destination 0.0.0.0/0 listen on this internal network to enabled SSL Forward Proxy.