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Proxy Domain Filter Wildcards

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I have an NT Domain where all users access the internet through a Proxy Server. I have configured the filters to deny all sites except those included in the filter. This works fine for all sites such as www.123.com and www.123.abc.com. The website www.123.abc.com does not have to be specifically entered into the filter due to the appended "abc". The problem is many sites add servers by prefixing such as www.abc.123.com versus www.123.abc.com where www.123.com is the home site. By prefixing, the specific site has to be included in the filter. Adding specific IP addresses doesn't work. Is it possible to allow "prefixed" websites by using a wildcard in the prefix of a domain name in the proxy filter such as www.*.123.com? I tried it but no luck.

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by tomf

What kind of Proxy Server are you using? Who makes it? Perhaps their website has a FAQ section. Maybe just try *.123.com.

by antec

The proxy server being used is Microsoft Proxy Server version 2.0. I have spent about 3 hours looking through Microsoft's knowledge base with no luck. Have also looked through Microsoft TechNet as I do subscribe to it - but again, no luck. I really do not want to plunk down the $250 and call Microsoft.

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