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Mihir_Joshi
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Aug 04, 2017

Need understanding of HTTP compression profile.

Hi,   I have question with HTTP Compression profile.   My LTM running on 12.1.2 where HTTP Compression enable on one of the Virtual Server serving web requests. Web administrator requested us t...
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Jeff_Maddox_394
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Aug 04, 2017
  1. It will compress the content type listed in the Content List section. By default, the following is enabled: text/ and application(xml|x-javascript)
  2. by default, the accept-encoding header is stripped on the server side, so you should not see compressed traffic. If you check the box "Keep Accept-Encoding", then the servers will do the compression and LTM will pass it through normally.