{"issue":{"user":{"id":1240282,"login":"jsamuel","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jsamuel","gravatar_id":"bc1d195cedb959a3946572b08ce9e7c7","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bc1d195cedb959a3946572b08ce9e7c7?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png"},"milestone":null,"title":"wildcards: fractionalized subdomains for full domain RP","created_at":"2011-12-22T05:46:33Z","labels":[{"name":"extension","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RequestPolicy/requestpolicy/labels/extension","color":"ededed"}],"updated_at":"2011-12-22T05:46:34Z","state":"open","id":2634224,"html_url":"https://github.com/RequestPolicy/requestpolicy/issues/63","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"patch_url":null,"html_url":null,"diff_url":null},"body":"re: AMO / wildcard subdomains for full domain mode please\r\nre: ticket #8\r\n\r\nI would prefer\r\n\r\nsub*.domain.tld\r\nsub.sub*.domain.tld\r\nsub?.domain.tld\r\n\r\nin addition to / as opposed to\r\n\r\n*.sub.domain.tld\r\n\r\n\r\nexample sites:\r\n\r\n[1]\r\nbing images\r\n\r\nhttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=unicorn+power&FORM=BIFD\r\n\r\n\r\n[2]\r\nhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx\r\n\r\n[3]\r\nhttp://www.bing.com/maps/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n+ Ticket #8 will resolve the annoyance of viewing completed uploads at imageshack with: \r\n\r\nallow from imageshack.us to *.imageshack.us\r\n\r\n\r\n+ Case one is the next simplest wildcard need\r\n\r\nhttp://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7712/simplecase.png\r\n\r\nI would want\r\n\r\nallow from www.bing.com to ts*.mm.bing.net\r\n\r\nas 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\r\n\r\nallow from www.bing.com to *.mm.bing.net\r\n\r\n\r\n+ Case two might more clearly highlight the need for fractionalized subdoamins -- assuming you offer '*' for multiple characters and '?' for single character\r\n\r\nI would want\r\n\r\nhttp://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9688/case2.png\r\n\r\nallow from technet.microsoft.com to i?.technet.microsoft.com\r\n\r\nthis would not allow i.technet.microsoft.com, but only i2, i3, and i4 (as it is currently) but potentially through i9\r\n\r\n\r\n+ Case three is similar to case one, but changes where in the zone I want my star\r\n\r\nhttp://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1577/case3.png\r\n\r\nallow from www.bing.com to ecn.t*.tiles.virtualearth.net\r\n\r\n\r\nas I'm not sure if \r\n\r\nallow from www.bing.com to t*.tiles.virtualearth.net\r\nimplies\r\nallow from www.bing.com to *.t*.tiles.virtualearth.net\r\n\r\n\r\nSW","number":63,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RequestPolicy/requestpolicy/issues/63","comments":1,"assignee":null},"comment":{"user":{"id":1240282,"login":"jsamuel","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jsamuel","gravatar_id":"bc1d195cedb959a3946572b08ce9e7c7","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bc1d195cedb959a3946572b08ce9e7c7?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png"},"created_at":"2011-12-22T05:46:34Z","updated_at":"2011-12-22T05:46:34Z","id":3245407,"body":"[eibwen] While the proposed wildcard characters \"*\" and \"?\" are excluded by RFC from the host and domain name, it should be noted that RFC explicitly permits for special characters (eg \"*\") in URLs.\r\n\r\nThis should be a consideration if full URL specificity ([comment:3:ticket:7 #7 comment 3]) is implemented.","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RequestPolicy/requestpolicy/issues/comments/3245407"},"action":"created"}