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Edgar_Palamarch
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Jul 05, 2012

Referer Based Redirect

Hello,

 

 

A former client is leaching images from our website. So, I need to redirect/block requests coming from them based on the referer header. Found a couple sample codes, but couldn't make them to work. Please help.

 

 

Here is what I use:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

set referrer_host [URI::host [HTTP::header value Referer]]

 

if { $referrer_host eq "http://BadReferer.com" } {

 

HTTP::redirect http://BadReferer.com/image.jpg

 

}

 

else { pool www.MyDomain.com

 

}

 

}

 

 

Appreciate your time and help!
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  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jul 05, 2012
    can you try to change from "http://BadReferer.com" to "BadReferer.com"?

    e.g. 

    [root@ve10:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   snat automap
   pool foo
   destination 172.28.19.79:80
   ip protocol 6
   rules myrule
   profiles {
      http {}
      tcp {}
   }
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when HTTP_REQUEST {
   set referrer_host [URI::host [HTTP::header value Referer]]
   log local0. "\[HTTP::uri\]: [HTTP::uri]"
   log local0. "\[HTTP::header value Referer\]: [HTTP::header value Referer]"
   log local0. "\[URI::host [HTTP::header value Referer]\]: [URI::host [HTTP::header value Referer]]"

   if { $referrer_host eq "BadReferer.com" } {
      HTTP::redirect http://BadReferer.com/image.jpg
   }
}
}

[root@ve10:Active] config  curl -I http://172.28.19.79 -H "Referer: http://BadReferer.com/something"
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://BadReferer.com/image.jpg
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve10:Active] config  tail /var/log/ltm
Jul  6 07:28:46 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [HTTP::uri]: /
Jul  6 07:28:46 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [HTTP::header value Referer]: http://BadReferer.com/something
Jul  6 07:28:46 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [URI::host http://BadReferer.com/something]: BadReferer.com
  • Edgar_Palamarch's avatar
    Edgar_Palamarch
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    Jul 06, 2012
    Thanks a lot, nitass! Works as expected.

     

     

    Is there a way to have a few bad referres in the same iRule?
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jul 06, 2012
    yes, you can use data group and class command.

    class wiki

    https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/irules.class.ashx

    e.g. 

    [root@ve10:Active] config  b class badreferer_class list
class badreferer_class {
   {
      "BadReferer.com"
      "badman.com"
   }
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when HTTP_REQUEST {
   set referrer_host [URI::host [HTTP::header value Referer]]
   log local0. "\[HTTP::uri\]: [HTTP::uri]"
   log local0. "\[HTTP::header value Referer\]: [HTTP::header value Referer]"
   log local0. "\[URI::host [HTTP::header value Referer]\]: [URI::host [HTTP::header value Referer]]"

   if { [class match -- $referrer_host equals badreferer_class] } {
      HTTP::redirect http://BadReferer.com/image.jpg
   }
}
}

[root@ve10:Active] config  curl -I http://172.28.19.79 -H "Referer: http://BadReferer.com/something"
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://BadReferer.com/image.jpg
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve10:Active] config  curl -I http://172.28.19.79 -H "Referer: http://badman.com/something"
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://BadReferer.com/image.jpg
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0

[root@ve10:Active] config  tail /var/log/ltm
Jul  6 09:05:15 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [HTTP::uri]: /
Jul  6 09:05:15 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [HTTP::header value Referer]: http://BadReferer.com/something
Jul  6 09:05:15 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [URI::host http://BadReferer.com/something]: BadReferer.com
Jul  6 09:05:20 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [HTTP::uri]: /
Jul  6 09:05:20 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [HTTP::header value Referer]: http://badman.com/something
Jul  6 09:05:20 local/tmm info tmm[5111]: Rule myrule : [URI::host http://badman.com/something]: badman.com