Big-IP version 9

Nicholas Zurfluh — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:01:00 GMT

The capabilities of this new release are impressive. The flash demo is a bit cheesey...

http://www.f5.com/f5products/v9intro/index.html#

Selective Content Encryption/Compression

XML gateway: parser, encryption, authentication and authorization

Resource cloaking: “BIG-IP device can remove sensitive information about servers contained in Error codes, Source code comments on Web pages, and Server Headers that contain important information about servers and applications” (Wow!)

This is all too exciting, I'm going to have to increase my hourly rate. To justify even greater levels of compensation, I will require a fancy new title. hmmm...

Application Traffic Management Consultant

Application Network Whore

IT Budget Gouger