Douglas_Wilson_
Mar 16, 2005Nimbostratus
Applying rules to Real Media Streams
I'm tossing this out here as a last ditch attempt --
We'd love to be able to filter real media files that are requested through an F5 using rules, but can't figure out a way to do it.
The more granular http rules don't work because this is not HTTP.
The tcp_content rules don't work, because the first few packets exchanged in the Real Media Session are negotiation between the client and the server, and don't include the file name. So the only thing I can think of is trying to come up with a rule that ignores the beginning of the session, and then grabs the file name. I have no idea if this is even possible with the 4.x ruleset. We can't deploy v 9.x for a while for this system (and even then, I don't know if it is possible).
If anyone has any experience with anything like this, suggestions would be appreciated.
Doug