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Relative
URLs
are
always
handled
appropriately
by
the
browser.
By
default,
the
browser
handles
relative
URLs
in
links
by
prepending
the
correct
scheme,
server,
and
directory
information
(including
the
junction)
to
the
relative
URL.
The
prepended
information
is
derived
from
the
request
URL
for
the
page
on
which
the
link
is
located.
However,
WebSEAL
must
add
the
junction
name
to
the
path
of
absolute
and
server-relative
URLs
that
refer
to
resources
located
on
junctioned
servers.
v
Server-relative
URLs
indicate
a
URL
position
in
relation
to
the
document
root
of
the
junctioned
server,
for
example:
/dir/file.html
Server-relative
URLs
are
modified
by
adding
the
junction
point
of
the
junctioned
server
to
the
path
name.
For
example:
/jct/dir/file.html
v
Absolute
URLs
indicate
a
URL
position
in
relation
to
a
host
name
or
IP
address
(and,
optionally,
a
network
port).
For
example:
http://host-name[:port]/file.html,
or
https://host-name[:port]/file.html
Absolute
URLs
are
modified
according
to
the
following
set
of
rules:
–
If
the
URL
is
HTTP
and
the
host/port
matches
a
TCP
junctioned
server,
the
URL
is
modified
to
be
server-relative
to
WebSEAL
and
reflect
the
junction
point.
For
example:
http://host-name[:port]/file.html
becomes:
/tcpjct/file.html
–
If
the
URL
is
HTTPS
and
the
host/port
matches
an
SSL
junctioned
server,
the
URL
is
modified
to
be
server-relative
to
WebSEAL
and
reflect
the
junction
point.
For
example:
https://host-name[:port]/file.html
becomes:
/ssljct/file.html
In
addition:
v
Only
URLs
in
content
types
defined
in
the
[filter-content-types]
stanza
of
the
WebSEAL
configuration
file
are
filtered.
v
META
tags
are
always
filtered
for
refresh
requests,
for
example:
v
If
a
BASE
tag
contains
an
HREF
attribute,
the
tag
is
removed
from
the
response
to
the
client.
Parameters
for
filtering
URLs
through
junctioned
servers
are
located
in
the
[filter-url]
stanza
of
the
WebSEAL
configuration
file.
The
[filter-url]
stanza
contains
a
list
of
HTML
tags
that
the
WebSEAL
server
filters
or
modifies
to
adjust
absolute
URLs
obtained
through
a
junctioned
server.
All
commonly
used
HTML
tags
are
configured
by
default.
The
administrator
may
need
to
add
additional
HTML
tags
that
contain
URLs.
Chapter
10.
WebSEAL
junctions
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