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beginner_66398
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Jan 27, 2010

encryption of tcp connection

Hello,

 

 

is it possible to encrypt tcp connection via irules.

 

 

I've seen an iRule for tls smtp encryption but I couldn't be sure if it can be for all tcp connections?

 

 

thanks.

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  • Hi,

     

     

    I want to explain my question a bit. We use an application which establishes tcp connections for all transactions. Now some part of data is encrypted at client side by an algorithm and decrypted at the server side. I wonder can LTM encrypt/decrypt via irules instaed of server.
  • Hamish's avatar
    Hamish
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    What sort of encryption is used? If it's simply a TLS connection that steps up the encryption, then hat should be fine. However if it's specific content that's encrypted, then you'd be limited to an AES encryption/decryption of the content (But would need somewhere to store the key - a class maybe).

     

     

    Short answer is 'maybe'. But you'd need to prove a lot more info on this protocol...
  • It is not tls connection. A programme is used to encrypt and compress the data via Huffman algorithm. I wonder if we can customize this programme as an irule for tcp connections.