Handling HTTP Requests on an HTTPS Virtual Server

There are scenarios where it might be prudent to support HTTP request redirection on a single port, and thus, a single virtual server. Yes, this can be done with the alias port zero, but that locks a...
Published Jul 24, 2018
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application delivery
BIG-IP
iRules
ssl
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Jul 25, 2018

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. Are you are asking why someone would want to allow http cleartext connections on what should be an encrypted virtual server?