Bug ID 487170: Enahnced support for proxy servers that resolve to multiple IP addresses

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(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, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.4.1 HF9

Opened: Oct 28, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

VPN might fail to connect in environments where DNS returns multiple IP address for the proxy server host name. This includes both Edge client and web client.

Impact

VPN connection might fail.

Conditions

Proxy server name is resolved to multiple IP address, or the proxy server IP address changes on a subsequent call to the DNS resolver.

Workaround

Configure DNS to persist an IP addresses for the proxy host name.

Fix Information

Added support for scenarios where proxy host name resolves to multiple addresses.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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