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mod_firewall: Improve 'INSPECT' comparison operator documentation
author | Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> |
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date | Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:16:48 +0000 |
parent | 4169:ae738969f38a |
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--- a/mod_firewall/README.markdown Thu Nov 05 21:51:48 2020 +0100 +++ b/mod_firewall/README.markdown Fri Nov 06 11:16:48 2020 +0000 @@ -329,14 +329,33 @@ 'name' will be returned. You can use INSPECT to test for the existence of an element or attribute, -or you can see if it is equal to a string by appending `=STRING` (as in the -example above). Finally, you can also test whether it matches a given Lua -pattern by using `~=PATTERN`. +or you can check if it matches a specific value, e.g. by appending `=VALUE` +(like in the example above, that checks if the content of username is 'admin'). + +#### INSPECT comparison operators + +As well as checking for an exact string match, there are some other modifiers +you can apply to the comparison: + + Comparison Matches when + ------------- ------------------------------------------------------- + `=` The value is exactly the given string. + `/=` The value is or *contains* the given string (e.g. `/=admin` would match `administrator` or `myadmin`). + `~=` The value matches the given [Lua pattern](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#6.4.1). -INSPECT is somewhat slower than the other stanza matching conditions. To +Finally, if the comparison operator is preceded by a `$` character, [expressions](#expressions) +will be interpreted in the string following the comparison operator. + +e.g. `INSPECT: {jabber:iq:register}query/username}$/=$(session.host)` would match +if the username of an account registration contained the session's current hostname +somewhere in it. + +#### INSPECT performance + +INSPECT can be somewhat slower than the other stanza matching conditions. To minimise performance impact, always place it below other faster -condition checks where possible (e.g. above we first checked KIND, TYPE -and PAYLOAD matched before INSPECT). +condition checks where possible (e.g. in the example above we first checked KIND, +TYPE and PAYLOAD matched what we wanted before reaching the INSPECT rule). ### Roster