Is there a way to check a variable against file contents for processing?
A
couple scenarios below.
This is used here, but adding multiple agents can get burdensome:
if ($http_user_agent ~ (agent1|agent2|Foo|Wget|Nmap|BadAgent) ) {
return 403;
}
I’d like to maintain a file with all the variables, (and custom script
the
addition/removal of file entries) like this:
if ($http_user_agent ~ (in.file(…/…/badAgents.txt) ) {
return 403;
}
Or using file references for Allow/Deny:
Allow …/…/whitelist.txt
Deny …/…/badHosts.txt
Or Checking usernames against a whitelist/blacklist:
if ( $arg.Username does.not.exist.in(…/…/allowedUsers.txt) )
if ( $arg.Username exists.in(…/…/blockedUsers.txt) )
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