Bug ID 568610: Policy Diff/Merge Does Not Work Correctly For Brute Force Protection

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: Jan 19, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Using Policy Merge to add Brute Force Protection for a Login URL fails.

Impact

Policy merge fails

Conditions

Policy Merge is used to add Brute Force Protection for a Login URL.

Workaround

The Brute Force items can be ignored from the diff, and the rest of the items will successfully auto-merge. Brute Force Protection can then be added manually to the target Policy.

Fix Information

Policy Merge now successfully adds a new Brute Force Protection to a target policy.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips