Thanks Jim That solved the problem. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2003 4:19 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Re: Blocking Sites http://www.ISAserver.org To block all hosts or subdomains within a domain, you should use the "*.domain.tld" form. Also, don't include the protocol prefix (http://, https://, etc.); that part of the client request is ignored by the rule parser. Jim Harrison MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison http://isatools.org Read the help, books and articles! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bright" <Michael.Bright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 22:19 Subject: [isalist] Blocking Sites http://www.ISAserver.org Can anyone explain how to block sites that seem to evade specific URLs. I am responsible for a College Network. There are many games sites that I try to block. One such site is http://swerve.com. Even if I type in all the possible combinations in the blocked sites such as www.swerve.com, games.swerve.com, http://games.swerve.com I am unable to block the site. Again with a site like http://sierra.com. I type in www.sierra.com, http://sierra.com, and also the site that these default to which is http://sierra.com/home.do and still I can't block students from it. I have also typed in http://sierra.com/* to no effect. Sometimes I can block a www address such as www.classicgaming.com but I cannot block http://classicgaming.com or if students just type classicgaming.com It is almost a futile task trying to block all sites that students keep discovering but I would appreciate if someone can explain if and how the blocking facility of ISA Server can overcome this problem. Michael Bright Network Administrator Oxley College Burradoo, NSW 2576 Alternate e-mail: Michael_Bright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mobile Phone: 0402118847 ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org/ Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org/ Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: michael.bright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')