FTPS Offload via iRules

Question: Does BIG-IP LTM support FTPS? Answer: You might think to yourself "LTM can load balance any IP traffic, so sure!". But if you know FTPS, you know that, like FTP, things are a lot more co...

Published Mar 04, 2009

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pkiddy_69730

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Mar 26, 2009

The FTP profile isn't used in this solution at all. In fact, the target iRule (VIP2) is acting like a FTP proxy. To run FTP and FTPS, you would want to have separate VIPs if possible. I haven't tested this scenario and perhaps some mods to iRule 1 would work. This deployment was originally designed for FTPS exclusively.