{"id":582,"date":"2011-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fir3netwp.gmsrrpobkbd.com\/2011\/09\/10\/f5-ssl-processing\/"},"modified":"2021-07-24T18:27:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T18:27:51","slug":"f5-ssl-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/Loadbalancers\/F5-BIG-IP\/f5-ssl-processing.html","title":{"rendered":"BigIP F5 LTM – SSL Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"
The BigIP F5 provide 2 ways in which SSL is processed. These are :<\/p>\n
Client SSL<\/strong> – F5 decrypts the encrypted traffic inbound from the client. There are a number of advantages to SSL termination on the F5, which are :<\/p>\n Configuring Client SSL comprises of 3 steps.<\/p>\n 1a. Certificate (Import)<\/strong><\/p>\n Note :<\/strong><\/em> Certificates should be in either Base-64 encoded or PEM format.<\/p>\n 1b. Certificate (Generate)<\/strong><\/p>\n Note :<\/strong> <\/strong><\/em>Certificates and keys are synchronized on redundant systems. Certificates: \/config\/ssl\/ssl.cert <\/em>2. Configure Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n Next you will need to configure the client ssl-client profile.<\/p>\n 3. Configure the Virtual Server<\/strong><\/p>\n If Server SSL is required then select the serverssl profile from the SSL Profile (Server) dropdown menu from within the Virtual Server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction The BigIP F5 provide 2 ways in which SSL is processed. These are : Client SSL – F5 decrypts the encrypted traffic inbound from the client.Server SSL – Traffic is re-encrypted by the F5 then routed onto the backend servers. There are a number of advantages to SSL termination on the F5, which are … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Server SSL<\/strong> – Traffic is re-encrypted by the F5 then routed onto the backend servers.<\/p>\n\n
Configuration<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Client SSL<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Note :<\/strong><\/em> The locations for the certificate\/keys are:<\/p>\n
Keys: \/config\/ssl\/ssl.key<\/p>\n\n
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Server SSL<\/strong><\/h4>\n