Mask type mapping

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This section contains descriptions of masked and non-masked domain and web address types. Click the links in the Mask examples column to expand or collapse mapping example blocks.

Descriptions of masked types

Mask class

Mask type

Blocks

Does not block

Mask examples

Domain mask

MASK_TYPE_DOMAIN

Content of the third and higher-level domains.

Content of the second-level domain and other domains.

*.subdomain.domain.com

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Common mask

MASK_TYPE_FOLDER

Content of the folder which has other subfolders.

Content of subdomains and other folders.

subdomain.domain.com/folder/*

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172.12.168.2/folder/*

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Common mask

MASK_TYPE_SCRIPT

  • Script with parameters.
  • Script without parameters, but with a question mark (?).
  • Content of subdomains and other folders.
  • Scripts with no parameters and no question mark (?) at the end.
  • Web addresses, which contain a substring that is not a part of the domain name. For example, http://www.domain.com/search?q=investigationĀ§ion=all. Here, q=investigationĀ§ion=all is the query substring that was generated when the "investigation" term was searched on the www.domain.com website.

domain.com/folder/load.php?*

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domain.com/folder/load.jpg?*

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172.12.168.2/load.php?*

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domain.com/.sys/?*

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Common mask

MASK_TYPE_WILDCARD

Any sequence of characters other than an asterisk (*) that may appear. Any matches with the mask are blocked.

  • Web address if it does not have a match with the fixed part of the record.
  • Web address if it does not start from the fixed (non-masked) part of the record.

domain.com/*/abc*.exe

Normalized blocked link examples

Normalized non blocked links examples

*.domain.com/*.php

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domain.com/fol*.exe

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domain.com/abc*/file.exe

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*.domain.com/file.exe

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Descriptions of non-masked types

Mask class

Mask type

Blocks

Does not block

Mask examples

Second-level domain

MASK_TYPE_DOMAIN2_OBJECTS

Domain, all its subdomains, all contents of the domain and of all its subdomains.

Links containing the domain as a substring that is not a domain of any level.

domain.com

Normalized blocked links

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Third-level and higher-level domains

MASK_TYPE_DOMAIN3_OBJECTS

All objects (files, folders, scripts), encountered on the domain level only.

Links to sites located on other domain levels.

subdomain.domain.com

Normalized blocked links

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chat.subdomain.domain.com

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Domain with folder or file

MASK_TYPE_DOMAIN_FOLDER

Exact matches or links that contain the match with a subfolder or file. It is intended to prohibit the download or execution from a specific folder or file.

Links to items in folders that are lower than the level of the last folder or file in the record.

domain.com/script.php

Normalized blocked links

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172.17.0.1/setup.exe

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172.17.0.1/pid=1000/setup.exe

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domain.com/d/12

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172.17.0.1/x

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domain.com/script.php?

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domain.com/folder/?

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Script with specific parameters

MASK_TYPE_SCRIPT_PARAMS

Links with a matching set of parameters that are located in the specific domain.

  • Links that contain additional parameters (other than those indicated in the record).
  • Script without any parameters.
  • Script with the parameters specified in the record, provided that it is located on another domain level.

domain.com/get.php?p=4&id=2

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