Bug ID 712622: FTP with asymmetric routing and mirroring does not forward traffic or mirror on data connection

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

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Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 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, 11.5.10, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3

Opened: Mar 29, 2018
Severity: 4-Minor
Related Article:
K40043237

Symptoms

FTP mirroring in an environment with asymmetrical routing on the clientside may fail to forward data connection traffic or correctly mirror the traffic to the peer unit.

Impact

-- Passive data connection SYN is be forwarded. -- Mirroring of the data connection does not complete successfully.

Conditions

With the following setup: - Asymmetric routing setup on the clientside. - The following db keys are disabled: + connection.autolasthop + connection.vlankeyed - Virtual server with FTP profile (inherit profile disabled). - Mirroring enabled.

Workaround

Set a specific route to the client IP address to override asymmetric routing.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change