Invalid domain listed under Stats > Domains (can't be blocked)

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pastanoodle

February 02, 2014 16:20

I just noticed one of my computers is calling home with more frequency than reasonable (200+ requests/day) and before I find the app doing this I wanted to block the domain temporarily but the domain listed under stats > domains is invalid. When I try to block it I get the following message -

"Error blocking asus-f2a85.home. Domain seems to be invalid."

Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

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  rotblitz February 02, 2014 17:08

  "Invalid domains" don't need to (and cannot) be blocked.  They can't be reached anyway.

  This asus-f2a85.home is clearly an internal network name of a device, and one or more of your computers are configured to try to connect to it.  What device could this be, a printer or NAS or what?  You'll want to add asus-f2a85.home to your VPN exceptions, so that the computer is able to connect to this device again or recognizes that it does not exist.

  http://www.opendns.com/support/how-do-i-use-opendns-and-manage-internal-resources-and-virtual-private-networks/

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  pastanoodle February 02, 2014 19:04

  Really appreciated. Thanks!

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  saltaine June 06, 2017 20:03

  But I have an "invalid domain", actually two of them, opening advertising. Clearly these can be reached.

  http://www.theprofitsmaker.net/
  https://www.tweakbit.com/

  Without the http:// or https:// I get invalid domain. With, I can add them.

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  rotblitz June 07, 2017 06:45

  These domains are not invalid:

  nslookup www.theprofitsmaker.net.
  Server:         192.168.178.1
  Address:        192.168.178.1#53
  
  Non-authoritative answer:
  www.theprofitsmaker.net canonical name = theprofitsmaker-com.obox.netdna-cdn.com.
  Name:   theprofitsmaker-com.obox.netdna-cdn.com
  Address: 198.232.125.32
  
  nslookup www.tweakbit.com.
  Server:         192.168.178.1
  Address:        192.168.178.1#53
  
  Non-authoritative answer:
  www.tweakbit.com        canonical name = tweakbit.com.
  Name:   tweakbit.com
  Address: 104.237.131.139

  And they can be added to the "always block" list.

  

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  saltaine June 07, 2017 07:21 (Edited June 07, 2017 07:46)

  Yes, it is a valid domain, in its full form, but not in the short form recommended by the interface.

   It was something not previously encountered.

  

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  rotblitz June 07, 2017 08:43

  Sorry for my ignorance, I still do not see where your problem is.

  

  The topic of this thread is "Invalid domain listed under Stats > Domains (can't be blocked)", and the domains you listed are neither invalid nor can't they not be blocked.

  And there is no "short form" of domains.  HTTP and HTTPS are protocols and not part of the domain name, never.  Therefore it does not make sense and you cannot use the protocols to add domains to the blacklist.  The root domains are tweakbit.com and theprofitsmaker.net, and the www ones are subdomains of them.  All normal.

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