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Web filter exception

I am having a hard time trying to allow the following site through my ASG.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=login&p_lang=english&p_d=trmk

can someone tell the correct way to allow this site?

Thank in advance.


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  • so i finally got the ASG message saying that the site is "blocked"...


    it says the URL you requested is blocked by a blacklist...


    so?????


    -J
  • Check the blocked extension list for the HTTP Proxy... is .exe listed?  If so, that's why it's being blocked... that URL calls a .exe file on the site.  Try adding an exception for that URL that skips extension blocking.

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  • Also, I'd like to point out that I wasn't entirely correct above when I told James that using "tess2.uspto.gov/" wouldn't work.  That would have worked with Bruce's catch that the block was on an exe, not because of the category of the URL.

    But I was correct that having "*.uspto.gov" does not work; you must use the exact characters you want matched.  In fact, ".uspto.gov", "usp" and "gov" all work, too.

    Prior to V7, you could use Perl regular expressions, but I don't think that's the case any longer.  Even then, the *  could not be used.

    Cheers - Bob
     
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  • I am skipping all the checks in the exception. Now with the recent posts should I change the exception to:

    *.gov and it should work?


    -J
  • so what i did was, I out gov in the exception and it seemed to work for me, lets see if the user has the same luck!

    Thanks guys!


    -J