Bug ID 550625: Policy Diff Does Not Display All Differences

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 12.0.0 HF3

Opened: Oct 06, 2015

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Policy Diff does not correctly recognize some differences between two policies. Known affected area: * Policy Building Process Settings (ex. Tighten Policy(stabilize)) * Blocking Response Pages

Impact

The difference is not shown or merged, and the Security Policies may not behave as expected due to this missing information.

Conditions

Policy is performed between two policies that have differences in any of: * Policy Building Process Settings * Blocking Response Pages

Workaround

Manual inspection will show that these settings are different.

Fix Information

Policy Diff now correctly displays all differing settings.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips