Try adding a period before the domain name ie .doubleclick.net, I think that
might do the trick.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John J. Yatsko, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Squidguard
Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robin Lynn Frank"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:11 AM
Subject: Blocking subdomains
> > What version of SquidGuard are you using?
> > I'm using 1.1.4 and it does block all subdomains.
> > How do you have the domains listed in you db file?
> > Just whatever.com or www.whatever.com?
>
> I'm running 1.1.4.
>
> My specific example was that my /ads/domains file contained:
>
> doubleclick.net
>
> and it was NOT redirecting:
>
> ad.doubleclick.net
> ln.doubleclick.net
>
> In order to redirect those last two I had to add them to my domains
> file.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John J. Yatsko, Jr.
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:51 PM
> To: Rick Matthews; Squidguard Mailing List; Robin Lynn Frank
> Subject: Re: logging doesn't occur
>
>
> What version of SquidGuard are you using? I'm using 1.1.4 and it
> does block
> all subdomains. How do you have the domains listed in you db file?
> Just
> whatever.com or www.whatever.com?
>
>
> John Yatsko, Jr.
> Technology Assistant
> Erie County Public Library
> 160 East Front St
> Erie PA 16507
> (814) 451-7307
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Squidguard Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robin
> Lynn
> Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:12 PM
> Subject: RE: logging doesn't occur
>
>
> > ----- Robin Lynn Frank wrote: -----
> > > One question... squidGuard does not appear to
> > > have any way of including all subdomains
> > > like *.doubleclick.net, does iit???
> >
> > I'm glad you asked that, because I've been wanting a clarification
> > on that very issue.
> >
> > I originally thought that placing the root domain doubleclick.net
> in
> > the domains file would catch everything with that root domain. In
> > fact, the configuration page of the documentation agrees:
> > ----- Clip from http://www.squidguard.org/config/ -------------
> > Note: squidGuard will match any URL with the domainname itself an
> > any subdomains and hosts (i.e. amex.com, www.amex.com,
> > whatever.amex.com and www.what.ever.amex.com but not
> .*[^.]amex.com
> > (i.e. aamex.com etc.)).
> > ---------------- End of Clip ----------------------------------
> >
> > But like you, I ran into a problem with doubleclick.net. I had
> > doubleclick.net in my domains file, but ad.doubleclick.net and
> > ln.doubleclick.net were getting through. I was only able to
> redirect
> > on those two by adding them to my domains file (contrary to the
> > documentation).
> >
> > I have a couple of questions:
> >
> > Has that behavior changed in squidGuard-1.2.0? (i.e. does it do
> what
> > the documentation says it does?) If not, is there another way to
> > block all possible subdomains?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Rick
> >
>
>
>
