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In the General forum, I have posted a vbs script that I wrote to help automate filter generation, so that it's easier to write precise filters with minimal extra effort.

The title of the topic is Automatic Filter Generation. Here is the link:
http://www.teamsoftwaresolutions.com/forum/viewtopic ...

Since it can at times be challenging to add filters that are precise, I've written a vbs script to help automate the process. I've attached a .zip file containing the script, sample input/output files, and some documentation. Use at your own enjoyment/risk.

The reason for the challenge is that a ...

The syntax from that example above doesn't work (and gives an error in the URL Filter Check). I believe this almost does the trick, though:

^(https?://[A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+\.arbitrary\.com)|(https?://arbitrary\.com)

...however that will match http://arbitrary.comx

Thank you, Scott!

-Alan

The following regular expression will match the URL starting with either "http://" or "https://", with "www", "WWW" or "", followed by "arbitrary.com".

^http?.:\/\/[w,W,\.]*arbitrary\.com

Yes, but my point is that that is difficult for humans to parse and maintain. Plus it isn't actually ...

It would be wonderful if there was an easier way to specify permitted domains.

For example, let's say I wanted to allow any web access to arbitrary.com, including:
http://arbitrary.com
https://anything-here.arbitrary.com
http://1.2.3.arbitrary.com

Most of my whitelisted items are of this nature ...