Preetham_73405
Dec 31, 2010Nimbostratus
F5 behind a router instead of a firewall, are there any risks??
Most practices refer to installing a F5 LTM with ASM behind a firewall
Internet --> Router --> FireWall --> LTM with ASM --> Web Servers
ACL controlled by the Firewall
I want to know if it would be a safe practice if we remove the Firewall from the mix
Internet --> Router --> LTM with ASM --> Web Servers
ACL controlled by the Router
We think this arrangement would reduce some latency and improve performance, But i'm worried about security
Does LTM perform as well as FW in this case, what would be the pros and cons of this solution?
I believe in having the LTM behind the firewall but our Network team wants to do it the other way, which would be correct for the long run?