Bug ID 601502: Excessive OCSP traffic

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2, 11.6.1 HF2

Opened: Jun 27, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K03684190

Symptoms

With OCSP configured on a virtual server, you see excessive OCSP requests going to the OCSP server.

Impact

OCSP responses are not cached properly and excessive requests are sent to the server.

Conditions

Virtual server configured with an OCSP profile

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

OCSP responses are now cached properly, so excessive requests are no longer sent to the server.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips