Bug ID 432721: Short dns names through the mobile app tunnel fail

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.5.0, 11.4.1 HF2

Opened: Oct 03, 2013

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Mobile app tunnel request containing only short names will fail. It fails due to name resolution fails for short names.

Impact

Mobile app tunnel request will fail in such cases.

Conditions

This occurs when navigating to hosts via the mobile app tunnel using only the DNS short names (e.g. http://example)

Workaround

User can access the server by providing fqdn instead of short host names.

Fix Information

RemoteDesktop module will use the configured search domain, while resolving short names for mobile app tunnel connections.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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