Lightboard Lessons: BIG-IP Cookie Persistence Values
The BIG-IP creates cookies (when enabled) in order to allow persistence. Several people have asked what these cookies look like and how their values are generated. This video digs into the details ...
Published Aug 02, 2017
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@MSZ, the port number is converted the same way as the IP address. You convert to hexadecimal, then reverse order the hex numbers, then convert to decimal. If the port number is less than 256, the first two hex digits (prior to reverse ordering) are 0x00. The later part of the video above (starting at about the 6:30 mark) shows the calculation on port number. Hope this helps!