Option for blocking internationalized domains (if you're experiencing dejavu with this title, NO this is not a duplicate ;-)

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ohpendeeeness

November 16, 2020 19:42

My family comes from an ethnicity that uses a different character set than what's contained in Latin (ASCII).  I've noticed that I can't seem to block domains with international characters in them. For example, try adding this to your block list:

украина.icom.museum

If you try to visit the HTTP site for that domain after blocking and waiting the requisite three minutes that OpenDNS instructs you to, you will unfortunately be transferred there and subsequently forwarded to https://icom.museum/en/.

So, I took the next step of converting the internationalized name to it's ASCII equivalent using this Verisign tool which resulted in: xn--80aaxgrpt.icom.museum

Similar result. If you add that ASCII-ized domain name to the block list it auto-translates it to the internationalized name version and saves the entry in the block list. The DNS lookup for that domain is still not blocked.

Seems like maybe OpenDNS is doing something wrong here, but if it's really my issue then please let me know how to accomplish a successful block.

Here is a list of IDNs that can be used to try this out (not all work, so start from the bottom of the list).

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  rotblitz November 16, 2020 19:52 (Edited November 16, 2020 19:55)

  This rather looks like a bug, so should not be raised as an idea but as a support ticket, link “Submit a request” above.

  On the other hand, entering icom.museum should do the job already.

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  ohpendeeeness November 16, 2020 20:55

  Good point about it being a bug not a feature idea.  The domain name I used was just a convenient list of examples.  I don't really need to block any of the aliases that go to icom.museum.  I'll file a support ticket as advised.

   

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