Re: [squid-users] ACL distinction between ".domain.tld" & "domain.tld"?

Steve Snyder wrote:
>
> For purposes of defining an ACL in Squid v2.5S1, is there a distinction
> made between ".domain.tld" and "domain.tld" (note the leading dot in the
> first case)?

Yes. The two are distinctively different.

.example.com matches the whole domain *.example.com, including the host
"example.com".

example.com matches the host "example.com" only, not
"anything.example.com".

Regards
Henrik
Received on Sun Mar 16 2003 - 10:56:20 MST