Bug ID 595835: SSL forward proxy chaining does not work with next hop Transparent proxy mode without adding route

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1

Opened: May 25, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

SSL forward proxy chaining is not working for Explicit-Transparent and Transparent-Transparent proxy chaining modes if there is no route added for end destination network.

Impact

SSL requests fail

Conditions

- Configure 1st Proxy as explicit or transparent and 2nd proxy as Transparent. - Have a direct connection between them with no router in between - Send SSL request

Workaround

Add a route in the BIG-IP for the end destination network to know the nexthop for Explicit-Transparent or Transparent-Transparent proxy chaining modes.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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