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JamesS_40157
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Feb 08, 2012

Daily password access control iRule

Afternoon all,     I'm currently searching for a solution to give access to various virtual servers over the internet by means of a password (using simple www authentication). I already have an ...
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nitass
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Feb 09, 2012
not sure if i understand correctly. may we retrieve password using http instead? so, bigip uses sideband to fetch password, put it in table and use it for authentication. this is what watkins did in article below.

 

 

Populating Tables With CSV Data Via Sideband Connections by watkins

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1088515/Populating-Tables-With-CSV-Data-Via-Sideband-Connections.aspx

 

 

by the way, how does user know password since it is newly generated every day??