F5 BIG-IP: It is an Application Delivery Platform The most common introduction to F5 in an enterprise goes like this: someone opens a ticket that says “the load balancer is down” and points at the F5. The problem is already in that sentence. F5 BIG-IP is not a load balancer. Calling it one is like calling a data center a server room — technically not wrong, but it completely misses the point. ...
You open a website in your browser and see this in the address bar: 🔴 “Your connection is not private” What do you do? Most likely you hit the back button. That’s exactly what your customers do too. And you may not even notice — because an expired SSL certificate usually doesn’t notify the website owner. SSL Certificate and Website Security with Cloudflare What Is an SSL Certificate and Why Does It Matter? An SSL certificate (Secure Sockets Layer) is a digital document that encrypts the connection between your website and visitors. The padlock symbol in the address bar and “https://” confirm its presence. ...