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method=Tests the protocol method name associated with the transaction. Appropriate method names depend
on the protocol. Also, a warning is issued during policy file compilation if the name is not a
recognized method .
method= accepts any of the protocol specific methods accepted by admin.access=, ftp.method=,
http.method=, im.method=, or socks.method=.
It also recognizes ICP_QUERY, MMS_PLAY, and RTSP_PLAY.
It accepts, but gives a parse warning for, unrecognized methods.
Matches are done by case insensitive string comparison, so there is a performance benefit to using
protocol specific tests, in addition to the extra error checking available.
A specified method can match a commonly named method from multiple protocols (for example,
CONNECT).
Note: Use of method= in <Admin> layers has been replaced by admin.access=.
Syntax
method=method_name
where method_name is a valid method appropriate for the protocol of interest. Method names are
case-insensitive. The following methods are recognized:
Layer and Transaction Notes
•Use in
<Proxy>, <Cache>, and <Exception> layers.
Protocol Methods
HTTP, HTTPS
See "http.method=" on page79,
"http.x_method=" on page84
TUNNEL
GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, CONNECT, DELETE, OPTIONS, TRACE (HTTP
1.1/rfc 2616)
PROPFIND PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK
(WebDAV/rfc 2518)
MKDIR INDEX RMDIR COPY MOVE (Netscape)
LINK UNLINK PATCH (HTTP 1.1/rfc 2068, dropped in rfc 2616)
FTP
See "ftp.method=" on page71.
ABOR ACCT ALLO APPE CDUP CWD DELE HELP LIST MDTM
MKD MODE NLST NOOP PASS PASV PORT PWD RETR RMD RNFR
RNTO SITE SIZE SMNT STOR STOU STRU SYST TYPE USER
XCUP XCWD XMKD XPWD XRMD
ICP ICP_QUERY
instant messaging OPEN, CREATE, JOIN, JOIN_USER, LOGIN, LOGOUT, NOTIFY_JOIN,
NOTIFY_QUIT, NOTIFY_STATE, QUIT, RECEIVE,
RECEIVE_UNKNOWN, SEND, SEND_UNKNOWN, SET_STATE
Real Media (RTSP) RTSP_PLAY
SOCKS CONNECT, BIND, UDP_ASSOCIATE
Windows Media (MMS) MMS_PLAY
Windows Media HTTP streaming (HTTP
then MMS) GET then MMS_PLAY