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Robert_47833
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Jun 03, 2011

switch -glob to match two or more than two conditions

Hi,I wanna to achieve this ,use switch -glob instead of if/else chain

 

 

if { [[TCP::local_port clientside] != 443] && [[HTTP::uri] starts_with "/mobile/auth"] }

 

{

 

HTTP::redirect "https://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1]/[HTTP::uri]"

 

log local0. "here i am 1 [HTTP::uri]"

 

}

 

else

 

{

 

persist none

 

SSL::disable serverside

 

pool SRWD32-STATIC

 

log local0. "here i am 2 [HTTP::uri]" }

 

}

 

but how to achieve this cause we need to match 2 conditions here.
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  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Jun 03, 2011
    A switch will only allow you to check one string to see if it matches specific cases. You can't check the TCP::local_port value and the URI. So what you have there is as good as it gets.

     

     

    Aaron
  • Colin_Walker_12's avatar
    Colin_Walker_12
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    Jun 06, 2011
    Aaron's point is a good one. The switch command, while efficient and wonderful (I'm a fan, what can I say?) does have limitations. When trying to compare multiple pieces of information you're going to be nesting switches quickly and that can get messy. Ifs can be better in these cases if you're dealing with small numbers of matches (like one).

     

     

    Colin