iRules LX – AFM/APM Dynamic Firewall Rules

Dynamically open firewall rules based upon user authenticated sessions using iRules LX

Hosting Static Content with an iRule and iFiles

If you didn't know about this feature it is a neat trick to host maintenance pages. I've recently implemented this to host a static website on the BIG-IP without the need for a backend web server. The use case I'm looking at is for F5 training labs running in Google's Cloud Compute Engine via Ravello. We'll be running … Continue reading Hosting Static Content with an iRule and iFiles →

APM Client Side NTLM Authentication – 3 Things to Watch

APM has a nice feature that allows seamless authentication for domain joined machines by leveraging NTLM and/or Kerberos authentication. Michael Koyfman has a great article on DevCentral titled Leveraging BIG-IP APM for seamless client NTLM Authentication that will walk you through the steps. I've implemented this a few times and I wanted to share some … Continue reading APM Client Side NTLM Authentication – 3 Things to Watch →