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F5 Networks - BigIP Market Penetration (by IP Address)
December 1st, 2022

F5 is a company specializing in networking and security products. F5's load balancer is finding its way into many organizations. This report leverages returned information found in the HTTP protocol allowing us to detect the existence of F5 products, and thus report on the market penetration rate of these products.

The detection of F5 is done via two basic mechanisms:

1. The server signature may return back an indicator of "BigIP".

$ telnet 192.168.1.1 80 Trying 192.168.1.1... Connected to 192.168.1.1. Escape character is '^]'. GET / HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.0 301 Moved Permanently Location: https://192.168.1.1/ Server: BigIP Connection: close Content-Length: 0 Connection closed by foreign host. $

2. The cookies returned back may indicate a load balancer is in use.

$ telnet 192.168.1.1 80 Trying 192.168.1.1... Connected to 192.168.1.1. Escape character is '^]'. GET / HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.0 301 Moved Permanently Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Location: http://www.myserver.com Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:28:31 GMT Connection: close Content-Length: 151 Set-Cookie: BIGipServerWebCluster_4=1137223872.20480.0000; path=/ Connection closed by foreign host. $

The following graph and table demonstrates the percentage of IP addresses that are indicating one of the above mentioned signatures. The sample size (the # of distinct IP addresses hosting a web server of some sort) is: 4,283,392.

F5 BigIP Historical Market Share Graph

Date BigIP Count IP Address Sample Size % Share % Growth
Nov 202228,7044,283,3920.670.56
Oct 202228,8054,322,6210.67-1.13
Sep 202229,0094,304,1140.670.07
Aug 202229,5944,394,1020.67-0.97
Jul 202229,6894,365,5640.680.19
Jun 202230,0654,429,1480.68-0.30
May 202230,3034,450,6590.680.26
Apr 202230,6034,506,4610.68-0.29
Mar 202230,6454,499,5920.68-0.07
Feb 202231,1184,565,6720.68-0.82
Jan 202231,5174,586,4200.69-0.65
Dec 202131,7354,588,2490.69-0.80
Nov 202132,0664,598,8810.70-1.62
Oct 202132,5974,599,4740.710.43
Sep 202132,7514,641,2480.710.16
Aug 202132,9184,672,4080.70-1.15
Jul 202133,3034,672,7470.71-1.00
Jun 202133,6624,676,0040.72-0.87
May 202133,9134,669,8150.73-0.57
Apr 202134,2264,686,0560.73-0.85
Mar 202134,5934,696,0530.740.46
Feb 202134,7414,738,0680.731.15
Jan 202134,8924,813,3370.720.23
Dec 202035,1024,853,6490.72-0.72
Nov 202035,4534,866,7800.731.03
Oct 202035,8294,969,1780.72-0.13
Sep 202036,1415,005,8690.722.70
Aug 202035,9735,117,2590.70-0.01
Jul 202036,0745,131,2340.700.54
Jun 202036,2725,187,4180.700.46
May 202036,3985,229,6230.700.61
Apr 202036,8075,320,7690.690.85
Mar 202037,0885,406,7280.690.48
Feb 202037,1065,435,3130.68-2.97
Jan 202037,5545,337,3440.700.00
Dec 201937,5545,337,3440.70-1.42
Nov 201937,5295,258,2480.71-0.23
Oct 201937,6055,256,8050.72-0.32
Sep 201937,8265,270,5390.72-1.35
Aug 201937,9535,216,9860.73-3.51
Jul 201938,6885,131,1870.75-1.13
Jun 201938,5845,059,6780.76-0.77
May 201938,4545,003,8940.77-1.23
Apr 201938,5514,954,7490.78-0.85
Mar 201938,5754,915,7110.78-1.28
Feb 201938,4454,836,6410.790.37
Jan 201938,6384,879,0110.79-0.17
Dec 201838,5574,860,3820.790.15
Nov 201838,5524,867,2080.791.74
Oct 201838,0734,890,6030.780.74
Sep 201837,8754,901,0220.771.21
Aug 201837,5314,915,4430.760.50
Jul 201837,3824,920,2200.761.19
Jun 201836,9404,919,6780.750.68
May 201836,7934,933,2360.751.31
Apr 201836,5504,964,7360.741.06
Mar 201836,5185,013,1270.731.28
Feb 201836,2895,045,5360.722.57
Jan 201823,6103,366,9730.704.22
Dec 201737,4235,562,2370.672.50
Nov 201736,2895,528,5220.660.28
Oct 201735,8495,476,9270.650.81
Sep 201735,4025,452,5660.650.53
Aug 201734,9255,407,7220.650.24
Jul 201734,7575,394,6260.640.27
Jun 201734,3075,339,1700.640.52
May 201734,1075,335,4160.640.15
Apr 201733,5995,263,6410.64-0.33
Mar 201733,6965,261,6050.641.39
Feb 201733,3175,274,7440.630.13
Jan 201732,8625,209,4650.631.23
Dec 201632,5355,221,1730.620.55
Nov 201631,9505,155,6760.62-51.77
Oct 201625,8722,013,6571.28107.59
Sep 201631,6865,119,4170.621.35
Aug 201631,1495,100,7290.61-0.26
Jul 201630,7125,016,0790.610.94
Jun 201629,9564,938,7090.611.70
May 201629,4104,931,3310.60-11.54
Apr 201632,1914,774,5430.6717.09
Mar 201632,1595,584,9220.580.91
Feb 201632,2485,651,1830.570.71
Jan 201632,1095,666,9820.570.41
Dec 201532,3465,732,0360.560.94
Nov 201531,9405,713,4870.562.41
Oct 201531,3585,744,5860.551.58
Sep 201531,0205,772,3200.541.15
Aug 201530,7275,783,4320.532.94
Jul 201529,6725,749,0240.521.23
Jun 201529,4255,771,4210.511.38
May 201529,1495,795,9920.502.18
Apr 201528,6925,829,3950.491.04
Mar 201528,3975,829,3440.490.82
Feb 201527,9475,784,2060.48-0.68
Jan 201527,9825,751,9720.49-0.73
Dec 201427,9205,697,5850.491.51
Nov 201427,5955,716,5200.480.08
Oct 201427,3335,666,9830.480.58
Sep 201427,0315,637,0090.481.25
Aug 201426,8675,672,8870.470.18
Jul 201426,6485,636,8910.47-0.23
Jun 201426,5935,612,5600.471.41
May 201426,2955,627,9780.471.60
Apr 201425,8655,624,3770.461.12
Mar 201425,5315,613,6890.450.53
Feb 201425,3355,600,3250.451.35
Jan 201424,9785,595,9610.450.06
Dec 201324,7725,553,1710.451.45
Nov 201324,3855,545,6350.441.23
Oct 201323,9935,523,8610.430.16
Sep 201323,7755,482,1570.431.14
Aug 201323,3865,453,6850.430.76
Jul 201323,0545,416,9360.430.65
Jun 201322,6995,367,9860.421.34
May 201322,2395,329,6270.42-0.18
Apr 201322,0145,266,3630.420.35
Mar 201321,8405,243,1110.4251.08
Feb 201314,3815,215,9370.28-32.09
Jan 201321,0885,194,2000.413.08
Dec 201220,2975,153,1460.391.06
Nov 201220,0305,139,4760.390.87
Oct 201219,7655,115,5160.390.70
Sep 201219,5255,088,7120.381.27
Aug 201219,1695,059,5820.380.64
Jul 201218,9695,038,9170.380.41
Jun 201218,8535,028,4860.370.38
May 201218,5674,970,8740.371.15
Apr 201218,1714,920,8280.370.72
Mar 201217,9034,883,1440.371.00
Feb 201217,6124,851,9710.360.98
Jan 201217,2534,799,4660.360.56
Dec 201116,9864,751,5870.36-0.20
Nov 201116,9044,719,2750.364.97
Oct 201116,0174,694,0530.341.36
Sep 201115,6774,656,8330.34-1.06
Aug 201115,7324,623,6760.340.55
Jul 201115,4664,570,5540.344.22
Jun 201114,8084,560,6230.321.43
May 201114,5204,536,0570.321.36
Apr 201114,2484,511,8220.320.27
Mar 201114,0814,470,9630.310.57
Feb 201113,7964,405,4860.311.14
Jan 201113,5084,362,7420.311.14
Dec 201013,2034,312,7480.311.08
Nov 201012,9304,269,0560.302.19
Oct 201012,5304,227,7470.301.78
Sep 201012,2324,200,8030.291.59
Aug 201011,9464,167,8900.292.07
Jul 201011,6294,141,1090.282.64
Jun 201011,2354,106,6070.270.69
May 201011,0634,071,6600.270.87
Apr 201010,8114,013,6200.271.86
Mar 201010,5753,999,0190.26-1.21
Feb 201010,5943,957,5990.271.95
Jan 201010,3223,931,2640.261.36
Dec 200910,1163,905,2350.26-0.35
Nov 200910,0993,884,9650.262.70
Oct 20099,7873,866,7380.252.38
Sep 20099,4843,836,3800.254.37
Aug 20099,0173,807,0290.242.92
Jul 20098,6763,769,9170.232.94
Jun 20098,4473,778,4660.222.46
May 20098,0453,687,0200.221.88
Apr 20097,9383,706,3510.213.70
Mar 20097,7133,734,6300.211.76
Feb 20097,5473,718,5610.203.22
Jan 20097,2963,710,7150.200.75
Dec 20087,2053,691,7340.203.03
Nov 20086,9233,654,6340.194.86
Oct 20086,6123,660,0880.181.78
Sep 20086,4583,638,6090.182.32
Aug 20086,2353,594,5140.170.84
Jul 20085,8773,416,7130.173.09
Jun 20085,8773,522,2870.174.00
May 20085,5983,489,2490.163.21
Apr 20085,3603,448,2800.163.90
Mar 20085,1133,417,5790.153.09
Feb 20084,9203,390,1280.154.01
Jan 20084,6933,363,5010.145.62
Dec 20074,3373,283,0660.133.86
Nov 20074,1563,267,3680.132.88
Oct 20074,0413,268,4040.121.09
Sep 20073,9593,236,9940.121.93
Aug 20073,8473,206,2140.12-1.30
Jul 20073,8993,207,4460.124.45
Jun 20073,7143,191,3620.126.94
May 20073,4503,170,2320.113.51
Apr 20073,3103,148,2620.111.62
Mar 20073,2223,114,0880.101.54
Feb 20073,1293,070,8880.100.49
Jan 20073,0933,050,3510.100.91
Dec 20063,0493,034,3440.102.95
Nov 20062,9603,032,5390.100.74
Oct 20062,9113,004,2840.102.92
Sep 20062,8002,974,2210.093.08
Aug 20062,6762,930,0650.091.35
Jul 20062,6192,906,4670.091.81
Jun 20062,5582,890,0480.093.78
May 20062,4432,864,3350.090.84
Apr 20062,4052,843,5220.080.08
Mar 20062,3882,825,6710.082.06
Feb 20062,3152,795,6390.080.97
Jan 20062,2692,766,5970.081.54
Dec 20052,2112,737,2890.082.99
Nov 20052,1122,692,8850.082.22
Oct 20052,0512,673,2810.080.91
Sep 20052,0082,641,0990.083.06
Aug 20051,9342,621,5620.073.25
Jul 20051,8762,625,6680.072.51
Jun 20051,8352,632,8740.071.98
May 20051,8002,633,7700.07-0.94
Apr 20051,8212,639,3660.071.74
Mar 20051,7742,616,0780.071.70
Feb 20051,7282,591,6780.072.30
Jan 20051,6822,580,7450.071.57
Dec 20041,6372,551,0150.06-0.48
Nov 20041,6182,509,2000.061.99
Oct 20041,5682,480,0060.060.83
Sep 20041,5352,448,0800.061.69
Aug 20041,4982,429,4930.060.61
Jul 20041,4832,419,8140.062.27
Jun 20041,4032,341,2540.062.06
May 20041,4042,391,2930.06-0.10
Apr 20041,3952,373,5010.061.72
Mar 20041,3632,358,8680.062.56
Feb 20041,3282,357,2110.06-2.43
Jan 20041,3522,341,4630.062.68
Dec 20031,3112,331,2380.064.52
Nov 20031,2442,312,0090.058.74
Oct 20031,1452,313,9900.052.33
Sep 20031,1032,280,9770.052.29
Aug 20031,0582,237,9570.051.49
Jul 20031,0422,236,9290.052.42
Jun 20039992,196,5360.055.31
May 20039502,199,6290.045.01
Apr 20038882,159,1800.042.79
Mar 20038552,136,9670.040.45
Feb 20038282,078,8230.04-1.83
Jan 20038252,033,4450.042.67
Dec 20027641,933,4630.041.93
Nov 20027661,976,0330.044.10
Oct 20027381,981,8410.042.29
Sep 20027091,947,6160.044.14
Aug 20026781,939,5450.036.62
Jul 20026401,952,0020.03N/A

This report was added to our monthly roster of reports on July 1st, 2015, with backdated reports dating back to July 2002 added on June 23rd, 2015.





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