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Encrypted malware vs. F5's full proxy architecture

Everyone knows that malware is a huge problem, and several recent studies (including one by our very own F5 Labs research center) have shown that nearly half of all malware is now encrypted.   So, if...
Published Feb 15, 2017
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Feb 16, 2017

Thks john , One little question , as you said ssl offload is a great feature that allow visibility. But for malwares ,the visibility is not enough, i think third party tools or heuristics ie Antivirus are necessary to take action on it ? LTM and ASM only ( without an icap call to third parties) can help ?

 

Many thks .