Configuring destination sets
A destination is a computer name, Internet Protocol (IP) address, or IP range and can include a path. Destination sets include one or more computers or folders on specific computers.
Rules can be applied to all destination sets, to all computers except for the specified destination sets, or to one specific destination set. For more information, see Create a destination set.
Computers can be specified by domain name or by a range of IP addresses. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard when you specify the computer name. For example, to specify all computers in the microsoft.com domain, type the destination as *.microsoft.com. Note that the asterisk can appear only at the start of the domain name, and can be specified only once in the name.
You can also indicate specific paths on a computer that can or cannot be accessed by clients. The path can also include an asterisk as a wildcard. For example, to specify all URLs under path /somedir, type the path as /somedir/*. The asterisk can appear only once and can be specified only at the end of the path.
Use this format when you specify a destination. The computer name, path, and file name are not case sensitive.
| • | Specify computer name, using the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). For example, write computer_name.microsoft.com, and not //computer_name. |
| • | To include a specific folder in the destination set: /Path/Folder_Name |
| • | To include all the files in a folder: /Path/Folder_Name/* |
| • | To select a specific file in a folder: /Path/Folder_Name/Filename |
Rules can be applied to internal destination sets or external destination sets. Internal destination sets are groups of computers within your local network. External destination sets include computers outside the local network.
The following rules can specify destination sets:
| • | Site and content rules. |
| • | Bandwidth rules. |
| • | Web publishing rules. |
| • | Routing rules. |
For site and content rules and bandwidth rules, destination sets usually include computers that are not on your internal network. For Web publishing rules, destination sets usually include computers on your internal network. For routing rules, destination sets include external computers (on the Internet) for rules that route outgoing Web requests. Routing rules that route incoming Web requests include internal computers.
For more information, see Site and content rules, Configuring bandwidth rules, Routing Web requests, and Web publishing rules.
