Did I write this rule right?

[benhamill]

My city's train system has a wireless network on it. It seems they want to show you a splash screen the first time you make an HTTP request and then store some kind of token. Basically, they're intercepting every request, checking the token, and then redirecting you where you were going in the first place. This tripped up ABE and gave me this message:

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Request { GET http://portal.ridernet3.com/splash?token=b0653...59da&url=http%3A//anythinghere.com/ <<<
http://anythinghere.com/, chrome://browser/content/browser.xul, chrome://browser/content/browser.xul} filtered by ABE: <LOCAL> Deny

After doing some research, I wrote the following rule:

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Site portal.ridernet3.com
Accept from *

That works, but it seems... wide open. I'm always wary of wild cards like that. However, it's not a specific site I'm trying to admit to local (if that makes sense), but all sites I want to admit to... ridernet3?

Anyway, this is my first foray into messing with ABE, so: Did I do this right? Thanks.


Ben

[al_9x]

"Accept from ALL" which can be shortened to just "Accept" might be better since it should bypass url matching code.

[benhamill]

Thanks for the suggestion, al_9x.

Should I actually be opening it up that much, though, or am I writing too broad of a rule because I don't understand what the syntax actually means (which I don't)?


Ben

[al_9x]

Should I actually be opening it up that much

If every site gets their urls modified to go through that local domain, then yes

[benhamill]

Fair enough, then. Thanks so much for your help.


Ben