Bug ID 435266: Enabling Content Scanning in SWG impacts performance

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.0 HF1

Opened: Oct 24, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When content scanning is enabled, inefficiencies in internal communication with the scanning engine results in a noticeable performance impact.

Impact

There is a noticeable drop in performance.

Conditions

This happens when the BIG-IP is used as a secure web gateway (SWG) and content scanning is enabled.

Workaround

Disable content scanning.

Fix Information

Internal communication with the Secure Web Gateway content scanning engine has been optimized. This results in significant performance improvements.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips