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ccraddock_33000
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Feb 27, 2019

iRule assistance

Dear Dev Central, I have some specific requirements for an iRule but am not exactly sure how to make it all work in one iRule or if I should use 2 iRules evaluated sequentially. The iRules are as f...
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uzair
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Feb 28, 2019

return is nasty. Suppose u discarded in HTTP request, Here the http packet will be discarded but connection will be opened to server. Which can be a security hole.

 

event disable will cause all other event not to be executed for this connection, But securtity hole still exist.

 

Ideal way should be to respond back with error response and make sure connection is closed after that. Even if we discard the request, rule should be resetting the connection.