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Peter_McCaldon
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Dec 14, 2020

SNAT / X-FORWARD-FOR breaks HTTPS connection

We are trying to create an iAPP with SSL passthrough and X-FORWARDED set but when we enable SNAT for the X-FORWARDED-FOR (HTTP profile or iRule X-FORWARDED-FOR) the connection seems to stop passing t...
  • jaikumar_f5's avatar
    Dec 14, 2020

    SSL Passthrough is FastL4 setup.

    SSL Offload or SSL Offload and Re-Encrypt or in other terms, SSL Bridging are Standard VS setups.

     

    SSL Passthrough cannot alter http data. You cannot perform XFF with fastl4 setup.

    I would request you to follow this article to understand more about HTTP traffic.