Which virtual server type is used to support an SSL rewrite policy?

• A. Content Switching virtual server
• B. SSL load balancing virtual server
• C. Global server load balancing virtual server
• D. SSL_Bridge balancing virtual server

Answer: (A)

SSL rewrite policies modify the client request as it comes in over SSL, so the device must terminate SSL and inspect the HTTP content to apply the rewrite. A Content Switching virtual server is designed for this kind of layer-7 processing: it terminates SSL, performs content-based routing, and you can bind an SSL rewrite policy to adjust the request (such as the URL path or headers) before forwarding it to the chosen backend.

This makes the content switching vserver the natural place to implement an SSL rewrite, because other virtual server types are geared toward different purposes (general SSL load balancing, global load balancing, or SSL passthrough) and do not provide the same integration for rewriting the request before backend routing.