[users@httpd] ProxyBlock directive ???

["Stone, Timothy" <ts...@cityofhbg.com>]

Anyone out there know if the ProxyBlock directive takes negated arguments?

For example:

ProxyBlock .ibm.com .redhat.com !

OR

ProxyBlock !.ibm.com !.redhat.com

??? I have a proxy server running that needs to strictly limit the external sites that it connects to, i.e. prevent general web surfing. (Network level ideas have been considered, but vendor limitations prevent this option.)

Listing individual sites seem fruitless at best, unless you're dynamically generating the list based on the log. Which would be neat, anybody doing it? And if so, can the directive of ProxyBlock sourced?

# Get the ProxyBlock list
Include /path/to/apache/conf/proxyblocks.conf

My questions stem from the fact the all or nothing approach of

ProxyBlock *

seems pointless, afterall one sets up a proxy server for a reason, why blanketly disable it with this directive?

Warmest Regards,
Tim

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