I have read through a number of URL category issues, but I just cannot find something like this and I am baffled so far. I have two users, inside and outside, that access a certain internal webserver. What I am trying to do is the following.
outside:
allow: a.b.com/sites/outside and a.b.com/sites/common
block: a.b.com (the rest of the site)
inside:
allow: a.b.com (the rest of the site), including a.b.com/sites/inside and a.b.com/sites/common (I know they are part of the shorter domain entry)
block: a.b.com/sites/outside
Every time I add the root of the site to the custom categories it messes everything else up that is in place and outside is blocked to everything and inside is allowed access to a.b.com/sites/outside. It is like adding in the root overrides everything and the more detailed entries are ignored.
Where I am right now: I am blocking all other categories as they are not necessary as this is pointing to an inside server. I have four custom categories that I am trying in various combinations to resolve this.
cat-outside (a.b.com/sites/outside)
cat-inside (a.b.com/sites/inside)
cat-common (a.b.com/sites/common)
cat-site (a.b.com)
When I delete cat-site, I am getting a good block and allow for the extended URI entries and both users can also access the root, a.b.com/. When I add in a block for outside for the cat-site, outside loses access to common and outside. It appears that cat-site is overriding the other custom categories. Same experience for inside, I add cat-site allow, and it now has access to outside.
Is there anyway to prioritize the category with more descriptive entries over the more generic?
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