URL Group Definition

A URL group definition is a list of one or more URLs (Uniform Resource Locator).

Format

url_group   name
                     url   url_address

• name is the name of the URL group.

• url_address is a URL-based filter, specified as protocol://username:password@host:port/path where:

  • protocol is the transport protocol used. For example, http, ftp, nntp. If no value is specifed, http is used. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to specify any protocol.

  • username is the login used to connect to the remote server. Use of a username is optional. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to specify any username.

  • password is the password corresponding to the user login. Use of a password is optional. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to specify any password. The password is ignored for classification purposes.

  • host is the web server. The value of this filter can be an IP address, host name or domain name. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to specify any host.

  • port is the port number. You can use an asterisk (*) to indicate any protocol. If no value is specifed, the default protocol specified in the /etc/services file is used.

  • path is the path of the URL. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to include a particular pattern, for example, *.htm. You cannot include more than one asterisk in a path.

The following characters are restricted, and must be entered as an ascii code, preceded by a percent (%) sign:

character	ascii code
%	25
@	40
:	3A
,	2C
#	23

The / character can only be used as part of a path.

Example

url_group   web_sun_group
            url   http://www.sun.com/*.html
            url   http://www.sun.com/*.gif
            url   http://*:8080/~mylogin
            url   ftp://ftp.sun.com/*