Bug ID 1128689: Performance improvement in signature engine

Last Modified: Dec 07, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2

Fixed In:
16.1.4, 15.1.9

Opened: Jul 25, 2022

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The signature engine in BD uses more CPU cycles than it actually needs to complete the task.

Impact

Slower system performance High CPU utilization with BD

Conditions

ASM provisioned and in use

Workaround

For header-based signatures that appear on the top in ACY_PERF, the header exclusions can be added only on explicit headers. This should decrease the CPU usage.

Fix Information

Some modifications are done to the signature engine to improve performance.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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