When customizing what I wanted blocked, I put Twitter to never block. Whenever I try to go Twitter I get a very large box stating it is an Untrusted Connection. Error Code at the bottom of the box under Technical Details is
ssl_error_bad_cert_domain. " The certificate is only valid for the following names:
*.opendns.com , opendns.com"
I have for now have my settings at NONE and I still can't get into the site.
I had wanted Facebook blocked but it never blocked Facebook.
Is this a bug or glitch with DNS or did I miss something when setting up?
I use Twitter on a daily basis for my business and personal use. I need help.
Thanks
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Sites like Twitter host content on dozens of domains which makes it often difficult to whitelist a particular site if you have blocked a lot.
This certificate warning comes up if you use OpenDNS and you try to access a HTTPS (SSL/TLS) site which does not resolve or which is blocked by your settings. So, if you have selected level NONE and do not have entries in the "always block" list, this warning comes up because one of the many domains Twitter use does not exist in DNS (NXDOMAIN) or does not have an A record or where its DNS is badly configured (SERVFAIL).
You may want to run a DNS query sniffer like www.nirsoft.net/utils/dns_query_sniffer.html while surfing Twitter to find out what domain is impacted. You may try to add this domain to your VPN exceptions list at your OpenDNS dashboard which most likely eliminates this certificate warning. You also will find the domain names needed to be whitelisted if you ever will use content filtering again.
"I had wanted Facebook blocked but it never blocked Facebook."
You simply add facebook.com to your "always block" list and flush your caches. If this does not block, then
- Your either do not use OpenDNS at all. http://welcome.opendns.com/
- Or you did not register your IP address with your OpenDNS network. https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings/
"Is this a bug or glitch with DNS or did I miss something when setting up?"
Most likely the latter. else everybody would have these problems.
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