Bug ID 477888: ESP ICSA support is non-functional on versions 11.4.0 and up

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 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, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.4.1 HF9

Opened: Sep 04, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Attempting to turn on ICSA logging for ESP packets will lead to the following logs. Aug 21 10:47:17 2000a info tmm1[10347]: 01070417:6: ICSA: source: %A, destination: %A, spi: 0x%x, seqno: 0x%x ESP packet discarded: "inbound"

Impact

ICSA logging misses information that is required for certification.

Conditions

ICSA logging for ESP packets is enabled. ESP connections are sent through the BIG-IP. Logs similar to the following are found in /var/log/ICSA Aug 21 10:47:17 2000a info tmm1[10347]: 01070417:6: ICSA: source: %A, destination: %A, spi: 0x%x, seqno: 0x%x ESP packet discarded: "inbound"

Workaround

None

Fix Information

ICSA logging no longer misses information that is required for certification.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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