Last Modified: Nov 22, 2021
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM
Fixed In:
13.0.0
Opened: Jul 05, 2016 Severity: 3-Major
If Virtual server with Portal Access is not configured to support SSL connections to back-end servers, client would see connection errors without any explanation trying to use HTTPS URLs.
Client cannot connect to HTTPS back-end via this Virtual server, but there is no any error messages describing real reason.
Virtual server with Portal Access but without SSL support for back-end servers.
None
Now client receives readable error page which explains why it is impossible to use HTTPS back-ends with such Virtual server. It is expected that 'Use HTTP Status 503 for Error Pages' option is enabled in Access Profile to make this error condition recognizable by browser.