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Chapter 46. Message Matching configuration mode
This chapter provides an alphabetic listing of commands that are available in
Message Matching configuration mode.
To enter this configuration mode, use the Global message-matching command.
While in Message Matching configuration mode, you specify traffic-flow
definitions. A traffic-flow definition describes a traffic stream that is subject to
administrative monitoring and control. A candidate message is considered part of a
traffic-stream only if the candidate matches all configured properties of a
traffic-flow definition.
All of the commands that are listed in "Common commands" on page 2 and most,
but not all, of the commands that are listed in Chapter 114, "Monitoring
commands," on page 949 are also available in Message Matching configuration
mode.
http-header
Specifies an HTTP header field and associated header field value to be included in
the traffic-flow definition.
Syntax
http-header field pattern
no http-header field
Parameters
field
pattern Defines a shell-style match pattern that defines the contents of the HTTP
Guidelines
A traffic-flow definition may contain multiple http-header commands.
In the absence of an http-header command, HTTP header contents are not
considered when evaluating a candidate message against a traffic-flow definition.
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Identifies an HTTP header field as defined in sections 4.5, 5.3, 6.2, and 7.1
of RFC 2616.
header field. You can use wildcard characters when identifying the HTTP
header field contents.
You can use wildcards to define a match pattern as follows:
*
The string wildcard matches 0 or more occurrences of any character.
?
The single character wildcard matches one occurrence of any single
character.
The delimiters bracket a character or numeric range:
[]
Matches 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
[1-5]
Matches x or y
[xy]
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