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Stephen_Peters
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Jul 06, 2016

TCP to SSL Converstion

We have a requirement to allow a simple TCP client to connect to a Server that only supports SSL connections. Our client does not support the SSL protocol, but the target server only allows applicati...
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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Jul 06, 2016

Well technically just one profile on the VIP. A client SSL profile handles SSL on the client side (client to F5), while a server SSL profile handles SSL on the server side (F5 to backend server). So technically you only need the server SSL profile attached to the VIP to do HTTP on the client side and HTTPS on the server side.