Does WAAS really support TFO, DRE and LZC for HTTPS?

basplin · ‎07-02-2008

We are currently using WAAS 4.0.17.b.14 to optimize HTTP across the WAN using TFO, DRE and LZ Compression. Does this same WAAS version (or a newer one) support all methods of optimization for HTTPS too?

dstolt · ‎07-02-2008

In 4.0.17, you should only configure HTTPS traffic for TFO (TCP Flow Optimization). If you configure HTTPS for full optimization, then you will just be wasting CPU processing and DRE disk space as WAAS can't look inside the encryption. In a future release (4.1.x) there will be SSL decryption available so you can take advantage of full optimization of HTTPS traffic.

Dan

t.clark · ‎07-09-2008

Do you have any idea when 4.1.x will be released?

dstolt · ‎07-09-2008

The 4.1 release is targeted for August 2008.

Dan