F5 BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Maintain and Troubleshoot — Question 57

An LTM Specialist is working with an LTM device configured with 10 virtual servers on the same domain with a different key/cert pair per virtual. For examplE. www.example.com; ftp.example.com; ssh.example.com; ftps.example.com.
What should the LTM Specialist do to reduce the number of objects on the LTM device?

Answer options

• A. create a 0 port virtual server and have it answer for all protocols
• B. create a 0.0.0.0:0 virtual server thus eliminating all virtual servers
• C. create a transparent virtual server thus eliminating all virtual servers
• D. create a wildcard certificate and use it on all *.example.com virtual servers

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because a wildcard certificate can cover multiple subdomains, significantly reducing the number of individual certificates needed for each virtual server. Options A, B, and C do not effectively address the need for SSL termination for multiple subdomains and could lead to more complex configurations without achieving the goal of reducing objects.