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Securing Applications using mTLS Supported by F5 Distributed Cloud

Introduction Mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) is a process that establishes encrypted and secure TLS connection between the parties and ensures both parties use X.509 digital certificates t...
Published Sep 01, 2023
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Shajiya_Shaik​

Thank you for the wonderful demo. Could you explain how to configure XC to match the client certificate’s Common Name (CN) for validation and allow the connection? For example, if the client certificate uses CN=abc.com but the request is for xyz.com hosted on an HTTP Load Balancer, how can we ensure that only connections originating from abc.com are allowed?”

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