Support for managing HTTP subscriber sessions based on request URI or domain name of a site

One can configure a service set to set up an URL rule or a collection of URL rules that enable clients logging in to the router using HTTP sessions to be allowed or denied access. This functionality uses the capabilities of the High-Availability Chassis Manager (HCM) component. The URL rule or rule set contains a sequence of parameters that enable or discard access to HTTP clients for the website or server to which they want to access. The host name can be configured or the domain name of websites for which one wants to monitor and manage access by HTTP clients. When an HTTP client sends a GET request to the router, if the host portion or the uniform resource identifier (URI) portion of the HTTP request header matches the configured values in the defined URL rule in the service set, an action is taken as specified in the URL rule. One can specify an action to perform one of the following tasks when a match is found for the incoming HTTP request: Accept, Accept and Log Requests, Accept and Count Requests, Discard and Discard and Log Requests.