Bug ID 723305: Performance degrades when no inspections are enabled in IPS

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1

Fixed In:
14.1.0

Opened: Jun 06, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When protocol inspection is attached to a virtual server, but the profile contains no inspections, there is a performance degradation of around 15%.

Impact

Performance degradation.

Conditions

-- Protocol inspection profile is defined and attached to a virtual server. -- The profile contains no inspections.

Workaround

Enable at least one inspection in the profile.

Fix Information

If no inspections are enabled, there is no performance degradation when attaching the protocol-inspection profile.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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