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Which of the following is not a feature of a standalone BIG-IP ASM System?

The correct answer is B. Multiple pool members. Multiple pool members is a load balancing capability belonging to BIG-IP LTM, not a security feature available in a standalone ASM deployment.

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Question

Which of the following is not a feature of a standalone BIG-IP ASM System?

Options

  • AAttack signatures
  • BMultiple pool members
  • CPositive security model
  • DRealtime traffic policy builder
  • EPredefined security policy templates

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    88% (36)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    7% (3)

Why each option

Multiple pool members is a load balancing capability belonging to BIG-IP LTM, not a security feature available in a standalone ASM deployment.

AAttack signatures

Attack signatures are a fundamental ASM security feature used for negative security detection of known exploit patterns.

BMultiple pool membersCorrect

BIG-IP ASM is a Web Application Firewall module focused entirely on application security inspection. Distributing traffic across multiple pool members is a core BIG-IP LTM function. A standalone ASM system does not include LTM load balancing capability, so multiple pool members are not available without LTM integration.

CPositive security model

The positive security model is native to ASM and defines explicitly allowed requests, URLs, and parameters via a policy whitelist.

DRealtime traffic policy builder

The real-time traffic policy builder is an ASM-specific feature that dynamically constructs security policy by analyzing observed live application traffic.

EPredefined security policy templates

Predefined security policy templates are built into ASM and provide ready-made configurations for common application platforms and frameworks.

Concept tested: Standalone BIG-IP ASM feature set boundaries vs LTM

Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-15-1-0/big-ip-asm-getting-started.html

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#standalone ASM#ASM features#pool members#security model

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