Bug ID 579559: DTLS Networks Access may not work with some hardware platforms with Nitrox hardware acceleration

Last Modified: Oct 07, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 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:
13.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.0.0 HF3, 11.6.1, 11.5.4 HF2

Opened: Mar 10, 2016

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Network Access always fallbacks to TLS connection even if DTLS is configured when connecting to some hardware platforms.

Impact

Network Access connection always fallbacks to TLS connection

Conditions

Network Access is configured to use DTLS Hardware BIG-IP with DTLS Nitrox acceleration is used,

Workaround

N/A

Fix Information

Previously, Network Access always fell back to a TLS connection even if DTLS was configured when connecting to some hardware platforms. Network Access no longer falls back to TLS.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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