RFE: Improve ABE messages
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:44 am
I've been experimenting recently with using ABE to replace RequestPolicy (haven't worked on the RP-style interface in a while, sorry 
- haven't forgotten it, though). In the process, I've found a few areas for possible refinement of ABE as a general-purpose tool.
Are any of the following feasible?
- haven't forgotten it, though). In the process, I've found a few areas for possible refinement of ABE as a general-purpose tool.Are any of the following feasible?
- Option to suppress ABE messages, either for individual rules or en masse. I'm using 'Site ALL / Accept from SELF++ / Anon', so it generates a lot of console spam...
- Change the message format to use more natural language. Instead of something like:
it might be easier (especially for newcomers) to understand:
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[ABE] <.random.com> Anonymize on {GET https://www.random.com/bar.css <<< https://www.example.com.au/foo - 4} USER rule: Site .random.com Accept from SELF++ AnonymizeCode: Select all
[ABE]Rule fired for Site <.random.com>: Anonymize on GET request from origin {https://www.example.com.au/foo - 4} to destination {https://www.random.com/bar.css} USER rule: Site .random.com Accept from SELF++ Anonymize - Suggest possible rules that would allow the traffic, eg for the above example, add the following to the error message:
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To stop filtering traffic from example.com to random.com, change this rule to: Site .random.com Accept from SELF++ Accept from .example.com Anonymize