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    URL Alias WildCard for Windows Updates

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      CuninganReset
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      Hello.

      I only want to allow the access to windows update servers, but the issue is that the list of URLs that microsoft is providing has Wildcards like:

      http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com

      And when i put that into the Alias the line dissapear.

      Do you know any way to make this?? any of you are filtering all but windows updates??

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        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
        last edited by

        Can't be done. There is no way to obtain a list of IP addresses for a wildcard domain. You would have to resolve every possible hostname which would be infeasible if not impossible.

        One of the other packages, such as pfblockerng might have a pre-compiled list you can use. Not sure.

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