RequestPolicy/tractest — Issue #63: wildcards: fractionalized subdomains for full domain RP
Author: jsamuel
Created: 2011-12-22 02:34:51+00:00
State: open
Labels: extension

re: AMO / wildcard subdomains for full domain mode please
re: ticket #8

I would prefer

sub*.domain.tld
sub.sub*.domain.tld
sub?.domain.tld

in addition to / as opposed to

*.sub.domain.tld

example sites:

[1]
bing images

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=unicorn+power&FORM=BIFD

[2]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

[3]
http://www.bing.com/maps/

+ Ticket #8 will resolve the annoyance of viewing completed uploads at imageshack with:

allow from imageshack.us to *.imageshack.us

+ Case one is the next simplest wildcard need

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7712/simplecase.png

I would want

allow from www.bing.com to ts*.mm.bing.net

as I do not care to invest the time to discover the other potential domains subdelegated to the mm.bing.net zone: that is I do not want to be forced to

allow from www.bing.com to *.mm.bing.net

+ Case two might more clearly highlight the need for fractionalized subdoamins -- assuming you offer '*' for multiple characters and '?' for single character

I would want

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9688/case2.png

allow from technet.microsoft.com to i?.technet.microsoft.com

this would not allow i.technet.microsoft.com, but only i2, i3, and i4 (as it is currently) but potentially through i9

+ Case three is similar to case one, but changes where in the zone I want my star

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1577/case3.png

allow from www.bing.com to ecn.t*.tiles.virtualearth.net

as I'm not sure if

allow from www.bing.com to t*.tiles.virtualearth.net
implies
allow from www.bing.com to *.t*.tiles.virtualearth.net

SW