Reddit - blocking works only with subdomains, not with reddit.com/r/subreddit format

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The family blocking option works to block adult subreddits ONLY when using the subdomain format, e.g.,

nsfw.reddit.com

But it does not work if browsing with

reddit.com/r/nsfw

This should be fixed.

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    mattwilson9090

    What do you mean by "This should be fixed."? Fixed by whom?

    OpenDNS is at heart a DNS service, and all of it's blocking is based off of domain names only. It doesn't work with anything else, including websites, web pages, URL's, image, content, or anything else that is not only a domain name.

    As such, as you've observed it can block nsfw.reddit.com

    reddit.com/r/nsfw is not a domain name, although it contains a domain name. Therefore there is no way to block this address.

     

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    pcbeard (Edited )

    Block reddit.com, then whitelist the specific sub domains you want to allow.

    Except that it does a redirect from sub.reddit.com to www.reddit.com/r/sub/.

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