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diff mod_firewall/README.markdown @ 2594:1e1c929c1aa5
mod_firewall: Add and document CROSSING GROUPS condition
author | Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> |
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date | Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:31:15 +0000 |
parents | 95b79d515a65 |
children | f6a14cdc531b |
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--- a/mod_firewall/README.markdown Wed Mar 01 20:34:17 2017 +0100 +++ b/mod_firewall/README.markdown Fri Mar 03 12:31:15 2017 +0000 @@ -317,10 +317,33 @@ Using Prosody's mod\_groups it is possible to define groups of users on the server. You can match based on these groups in firewall rules. - Condition Matches - ------------- ---------------------------- - `FROM GROUP` When the stanza is being sent from a member of the named group - `TO GROUP` When the stanza is being sent to a member of the named group + Condition Matches + ----------------- ---------------------------- + `FROM GROUP` When the stanza is being sent from a member of the named group + `TO GROUP` When the stanza is being sent to a member of the named group + `CROSSING GROUPS` When the stanza is being sent between users of different named groups + +#### CROSSING GROUPS + +The `CROSSING GROUPS` condition takes a comma-separated list of groups to check. If the +sender and recipient are not in the same group (only the listed groups are checked), then the +this condition matches and the stanza is deemed to be crossing between groups. + +For example, if you had three groups: Engineering, Marketing and Employees. All users are +members of the 'Employees' group, and the others are for employees of the named department only. + +To prevent employees in the marketing department from communicating with engineers, you could use +the following rule: + +``` +CROSSING GROUPS: Marketing, Engineering +BOUNCE=policy-violation (no communication between these groups is allowed!) +``` + +This works, even though both the users are in the 'Employees' group, because that group is not listed +in the condition. + +In the above example, a user who is member of both groups is not restricted. #### SENT DIRECTED PRESENCE TO SENDER