Hello Chris, Friday, May 13, 2005, 21:26:52, Chris Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>acl blockedfiles url_regex -i \.exe$ \.cab$ >>>>http_access deny blockedfiles >>>> >>>>Can anyone please tell me what I've done wrong? >>>They maybe loged into ur log file but be sure that they never can be >>>downloaded. Logs just shows requests. I didn't see bug in Url regex >>>command. >>>nisa >> Thanks for that tip ... it does raise another point, though ... How can >> I tell from the logs if the download actually occurred? If I have valid >> file size information, is that an indication that the download actually >> occured? The indication is some of TCP_MISS, TCP_REFRESH_MISS etc. status of the request. > There is a small problem with the url_regex, in that some times the .exe or > .cab file is not downloaded directly. Something like > http://files.example.com/download.php?filename=program.exe&path=/files/ > might be a pipe (as opposed to a redirect) to download an executable. > Examples of access.log entries for successful downloads would be helpful. Look a little up the message. regexps having '$' at the end which means 'end of string' > Otherwise, if the request matches an "http_access allow" before the > "http_access deny blockedfiles" the download will be successful. That > depends entirely on the order of your http_access lines. > Chris -- Best regards, Andrey Shorin
