Bug ID 467195: Allow special characters importing SSL Key and Certificate except backslash.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.4

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.5

Opened: Jun 13, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K47741472

Symptoms

GUI validation does not allow for special characters in the SSL Key and Certificate names. Whereas tmsh allows for special characters.

Impact

Cannot use the GUI to manage Key or Certificate created in tmsh with special characters in their name.

Conditions

Import an SSL Key or Certificate with a name that contains a question mark, colon, at sign, exclamation mark, ampersand, or pound sign (hashtag): ?:@!&#.

Workaround

Use tmsh to manage the Key or Certificate.

Fix Information

The GUI now allows special characters when importing SSL Key and Certificate. Note that backslash, \ is not supported as a character in the name.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips