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What is HTTP?

tl;dr - The Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or HTTP, is the predominant tool in the transferring of resources on the web, and a "must-know" for many application delivery concepts utilized on BIG...
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Oct 24, 2017

@Sukesh, no. In that scenario, it is only processed by BIG-IP as tcp traffic and the http filter is not applied the hud chain, so no http commands would work in iRules or local traffic policies.