Bug ID 473589: Error at attempt to add GeoIP with parentheses.

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.2, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.5.2 HF1

Opened: Jul 30, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

You will get an error if you attempt to add GeoIP with parentheses to a rule. For example one GeoIP code is Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CC), where you will see this error: Error: 0107179c:3: The specified Geo Location Country Code(Keeling) on (TCP) is invalid

Impact

Unable to ad the GeoIP

Conditions

Attempting to add a GeoIP string that contains a parenthesis

Workaround

None

Fix Information

You can now add GeoIP regions containing parenthesis.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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