Content rules enable you to:

  • Strip out server information
  • Rewrite requests for the root of a server
  • Rewrite redirections from HTTP to HTTPS
  • Force connections to close
  • Secure cookies

Content switching can be very useful if there are dedicated server types that perform different functions. Examples include: image servers, static content servers, mapping servers, specialized content servers, application servers, and media servers that must all be served from the same general hostname, for example, www.mysite.com. Content switching also allows for hostname-specific servers and source IP-specific servers.

The above diagram outlines the order in which content rule operations are performed.