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peddi's avatar
peddi
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Jan 15, 2023

File scan function in ASM

Hi, I am looking for anti virus feature in F5 ASM, when user upload file to server through website, it can be scanned by antivirus. I have gone through couple of articles, but like 1.  to understan...
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peddi
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Jan 16, 2023

Yes, it has, but how F5 ASM understand return response from Mcafee?

also how application follow traffic flows 

 

 

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AubreyKingF5
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Feb 13, 2023

It speaks ICAP protocol. ICAP was meant to give high-speed allow / deny messages to proxies, so the architecture is what we call a 3-legged proxy. The BIG-IP sends the flow to the AV and waits for AV to allow the flow via ICAP. In this way, the AV and Proxy do not need to know how to talk to eachother.