Cisco Systems 6500 policy http-header, client-cert pem, alias, Field To Insert, 2-34, Release

Chapter 2 Commands for the Catalyst 6500 Series SSL Services Module

policy http-header

policy http-header

Syntax Description

Defaults

Command Modes

To enter the HTTP header insertion configuration submode, use the policy http-headercommand.

policy http-headerhttp-header-policy-name

http-header-policy-name HTTP header policy name.

This command has no default settings.

Context subcommand mode

Command History	Release	Modification
	SSL Services Module	Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 6500 series
	Release 2.1(1)	switches.
	SSL Services Module	The policy http-headercommand (entered in context subcommand
	Release 3.1(1)	mode) replaces the ssl-proxy policy http-headercommand (entered in
		global subcommand mode).
		This command was changed to add the following submode commands:
		• client-cert pem
		• alias
Usage Guidelines	In HTTP header insertion configuration submode, you can define the HTTP header insertion content
	policy that is applied to the payload.

HTTP header insertion allows you to insert additional HTTP headers to indicate to the real server that the connection is actually an SSL connection. These headers allow server applications to collect correct information for each SSL session and/or client.

You can insert these header types:

•Client Certificate—Client certificate header insertion allows the back-end server to see the attributes of the client certificate that the SSL module has authenticated and approved. When you specify client-cert, the SSL module passes the following headers to the back-end server:

Field To Insert	Description
ClientCert-Valid	Certificate validity state
ClientCert-Error	Error conditions
ClientCert-Fingerprint	Hash output

Catalyst 6500 Series Switch SSL Services Module Command Reference

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