Thanks alot! I made a logical error when writing your expression by thinking that it will negate the comparison.

Also, I appreciate you have explained that http/https matching as I was confused.


My best regards,
Vlad



Maxim Dounin Wrote:
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> Hello!
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 02:14:02PM -0400, vlad031@binkmail.com wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thank you for your example Maxim. This is what I've wrote in my
> config:
> >
> > set $temp "$host:$http_referer";
> >
> > valid_referers none blocked server_names ~\.google\. ~\.yahoo\.
> ~\.bing\.
> > ~\.ask\. ~\.live\. ~\.googleusercontent.com\. ;
> >
> > if ($invalid_referer){
> > set $test A ;
> > }
> >
> > if ($temp ~* "^(.*):http?://\1") {
> > set $test "${test}B";
> > }
>
> Just a side note: this statement isn't needed. Both http and
> https schemes are allowed by a "https?" in the regular expression
> I provided, "?" makes preceeding character option.
>
> >
> > if ($temp ~* "^(.*):https?://\1") {
> > set $test "${test}C";
> > }
> >
> > if ($test = ABC) {
> > return 444 ;
> > }
> >
> > It is always returning 444 ... what am I doing wrong?!
>
> You probably mean to write
>
> if ($test = A) {
> return 444;
> }
>
> instead, as your initial message suggests you want to allow
> requests where Referer matches Host.
>
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