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Chris_Miller
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Feb 21, 2011

Default Cookie Name Behavior

I'm load balancing an application behind IBM's WebSEAL product. A User authenticates via WebSEAL which then sends the traffic to the application VIP. According to the link below, WebSEAL adds a prefix...
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Chris_Miller
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Feb 22, 2011
Good news Aaron. I thought about this more and got to wondering whether WebSEAL was only renaming the cookie between itself and the client. As it turns out, that is indeed the case. When WebSEAL sends the request to the WebLogic VIP, it does so without the junction name so LTM sees the original BIGip cookie. I used an excellent example of yours to log all cookie names to confirm.