ByteBack

ByteBack decodes F5 BIG‑IP load-balancer cookies to reveal internal IPs, node identifiers, and routing flags.

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📖 Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Installation and Usage
• Feedback
• Contributors
• License

🚀 Introduction

ByteBack is a Python tool that decodes F5 BIG‑IP load-balancer cookies, extracting internal IP addresses, node identifiers, and flags. Designed for authorized security testing, red-team and purple-team exercises, and forensic analysis, it helps researchers and security professionals safely inspect load-balancer behavior, understand routing, and verify configurations.

ByteBack

✨ Features:

• 🧩 BIG‑IP Cookie Parsing: Recognizes BIGipServer* and related formats, extracting fields.

• 🔐 Decoding Engine: Reveals internal IP addresses, node identifiers, and routing flags.

• 🔍 Traffic Analysis: Helps understand load-balancer behavior and routing decisions.

• 🛠️ Forensic & Testing Utility: Designed for red-team, purple-team, and authorized security research.

• 🚀 Lightweight & Scriptable: CLI-friendly and easy to integrate into automation or analysis workflows.

⚙️ Installation and Usage:

1. Pre-requisites: Ensure you have Python3 installed on your system.
2. Clone the Repo: Use "git clone https://github.com/Cursed271/ByteBack"
3. Traverse into the Directory: Use "cd ByteBack"
4. Install Dependencies: Use "pip3 install -r requirements.txt"
5. Execute the Script: Use "python3 ByteBack.py"
6. Enter target URL or raw BIG‑IP cookie value (When prompted)

💬 Feedback

Have suggestions or feature requests? Feel free to reach out via:

• 🐦 Twitter: @Cursed271
• 🐙 GitHub: @Cursed271
• 🔗 LinkedIn: Steven Pereira
• 📧 Email: cursed.pereira@proton.me
• 🐞 File an Issue: GitHub Issues
• 💡 Request a Feature: Feature Requests

Your feedback helps improve ByteBack! Contributions and PRs are always welcome. 🚀

🙌 Contributors

• Steven Pereira (aka Cursed) - Creator & Maintainer

📜 License

ByteBack is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.