Implementing HTTP Strict Transport Security in iRules

Last month I ran across a blog entry by Extreme Geekboy discussing a patch (now in the most recent nightly forthcoming 4.0 builds) for Firefox he submitted that implements the user agent components o...
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Bear in mind HTTP_RESPONSE will not fire for Web Accleration or other cached responses (manual use of CACHE commands in iRules for instance). You may need to insert/replace the header on both HTTP_RESPONSE and CACHE_RESPONSE events to guarantee a clients will become aware of the desire for HSTS as quickly as possible.