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Alan_Sha
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Jul 20, 2005

Closing the server side connection only

Hello,     I am writing an iRule which needs to close the connection (TCP) to the target server after the BIG IP box receives the response and sends it back to the client; while at the same time...
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drteeth_127330
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Jul 21, 2005
I don't think the drop command will work as you hope. I suspect that dropping the serverside flow will silently abort the connection, i.e. no reset will be sent to the server. However, I think the clientside flow will be aborted with a reset.

 

 

In any case, it sounds like you are attempting to do connection splitting. Is this for HTTP or some other TCP-based protocol?