How do I create Alias of Aliases (nested aliases) in v2?

firewalluser

This link http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.0_New_Features_and_Changes#Aliases speaks of nest aliases or aliases in aliases.
I'm running
2.0.2-RELEASE (i386)
built on Fri Dec 7 16:30:38 EST 2012
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p13

but I cant find any way to create nested aliases in the aliases section. I just have Hosts, Networks, Ports, URL & URL Table.

Any suggestions?

podilarius

well. You create a few aliases with something like IPs or networks or even URLs. You can also do this with ports.
Then in another alias, when it asks for a hostname, put an entry in for each of the aliases you just created. Like:

Alias1
Host: 10.1.1.10/32

Alias2
Host: 10.1.1.11/32

Alias3
Host: 10.1.1.12/32

Alias4
Host: 10.1.1.13/32

Alias: NonStandardWebServer
Host: Alias1
Host: Alias4

Alias: StandardWebServer
Host: Alias2
Host: Alias3

Alias:SSLWebServers
host: Alias2
host: Alias3
host: Alias4

Then you can create rules based on what you like port wise.

firewalluser

I think I need to add more info because when I tried using HOST(S) to nest the Aliases I get the error message

The alias(es): Alias1 Alias2 cannot be nested because they are not of the same type.

The Aliases I'm trying to nest are URL Tables if that matters and each URL Table Alias points to a txt file with a large number of IP Address'es or address ranges.

jimp

You can't nest URL table aliases, the nesting code can't include them the way it can other standard host/network aliases.

firewalluser

ok, thanks.