Web Protection Character and Address Mapping
This section provides additional information on the character mapping details for complex address mappings used when entering a URL in the Web Protection Whitelist or Blacklist.
- Any character other than * will be explicitly checked for a match.
- Paths and query string parameters are supported
- * will match any sequence of any character.
- It will check for the pattern in any part of the full URL.
- It will check both HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
- Any trailing slashes in either the visited site or the URL in the policy will be ignored.
The below tables show the expected behavior when adding a URL to the blocked or allowed list.
|
URL Visited |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Whitelist / Whitelist |
google.com |
www.google.com |
maps.google.com |
google.com/imghp |
www.google.com/?q= |
|
google.com |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
www.google.com |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
|
google.com/imghp |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
|
maps.google.com |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
|
www.google.com/?q= |
N |
N | N | N |
Y |
|
URL Visited |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Whitelist / Blacklist |
www.blockedsite.com |
blockedsite.com |
mail.blockedsite.com |
www.blockme.com |
blockme.com |
roadblock.net |
|
www.block*.com |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
|
block* |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
mail.* |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |