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 allow-list or block-list.
- Any character other than * is explicitly checked for a match.
- Paths and query string parameters are supported.
- * matches any sequence of any character.
- Web Protection checks for the pattern in any part of the full URL.
- Web Protection checks both HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
- All trailing slashes in either the visited site or the URL in the policy are ignored.
The following table shows sample URLs that match or do not match the URL added to the allow-list or the block-list:
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Sample URL does not match the URL added to the allow-list or the block-list. |
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| google.com | www.google.com | maps.google.com | google.com/imghp | www.google.com/?q= | |
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| *google.com |
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| www.google.com |
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| google.com/imghp |
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| maps.google.com |
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| www.google.com/?q= |
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