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swaminatha
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Jul 21, 2021

Allow domains on outbound virtual server with AFM policy

Hi, We have a virtual server to forward traffic to the internet. We have a policy to block access on only ports 80 and 443. We woud like to replace the allowed destinations from IP address to a domai...
AFM
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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security
boneyard's avatar
boneyard
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Jul 25, 2021

APM with can do this SWG (Secure Web Gateway), though more in a proxy style. https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-14-1-0/big-ip-access-policy-manager-secure-web-gateway-14-1-0/per-request-policy-configuration-for-swg.html

 

AFM can do this with FQDN objects. although im not 100% how it deals with different IP resolutions.

 

you could also do this with an irule and look at the Host header. shouldn't be that hard to build. though keeping such a list is some work i would say.