A brief overview of how the Responder feature works in the system.
Summary
The responder feature functions as an advanced content filter that can generate responses from the system to the client. Common uses of the responder are to generate redirect responses, user-defined responses, and resets. The responder deals only with the request side of the system (unlike content filtering, which deals with requests just before they are returned to the back-end servers).
The responder is one of the first modules on the system to process requests from the client side. You can set up custom responses for various types of requests using the responder.
You can configure responder policies to look for certain types of data in a client request and perform actions according to the rules you set. If a request matches a configured responder policy, the action corresponding to the policy generates the response and sends it to the client. The response will typically contain some pieces of the request. For example, when generating a redirect response, the incoming URL is fed back into the response.
The following figure shows the responder feature in the system
An Overview of the Responder Feature in the System
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