Re: [squid-users] urlpath_regex doesn't match

Christoph Haas wrote:

>On Thursday 16 March 2006 14:19, Marco Berizzi wrote:
> > I'm blocking download of .wmv files with acl urlpath_regex,
> > but, for example, this wmv isn't catched by this rule:
> >
> > http://www.gametrailers.com/download.php?id=7174&type=wmv&f=
> >
> > squid.conf:
> > acl trojans urlpath_regex \.wmv$
> > http_access deny trojans
>
>The URL path here is probably: /download.php?
>
>And you are looking for anything that ends in ".wmv".
>
>So this doesn't match. Try http_reply_access with content type ACLs.

What kind of acl should I implement?

>Detecting downloads by looking at the URL is ludicrous.

I have noticed today ;-))

>And I'm ashamed we
>tried the same thing for years. ;)

;-))

>This is but one example why it's not
>reliable.

Thanks for the reply.
Received on Thu Mar 16 2006 - 06:51:06 MST