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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Aditya, great question. The way to hide the contents of the cookie is to encrypt the cookie, and the BIG-IP allows for cookie encryption. When encrypted, the cookie contents are not readable. Here's more information on cookie encryption: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14784