Planning to protect several resources as:
| Resource | Protection |
|-------------------+-------------|
| / (root) | protected |
| /person/_app_bin | unprotected |
| /contact/_app_bin | unprotected |
| /address/_app_bin | unprotected |
Can be all these resources being unprotected with having only 2 Realms as:
| Realm | Protection |
|-------------+-------------|
| / (root) | protected |
| /*/_vti_bin | unprotected |
Or said in another way, can wildcards be used in Realm definition?
Wildcards in Realms are not supported. Only strings are allowed (1). They would be treated as a literal characters. And as such, note that * are reserved characters in the URL and should not be in usage (2).
(1)
Identify a Resource by Agent, Realm, and Rule
Realm Resource Filter
A string, such as a relative path to a directory, that specifies the
resources covered by the realm.
Rule Resource
A string or regular expression that specifies the resources to which
the rule applies
(2)
Recommendations
The asterisk ("*", ASCII 2A hex) and exclamation mark ("!" ,
ASCII 21 hex) are reserved for use as having special
signifiance within specific schemes.