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Bug #7255

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Firewall alias FQDN field rejects IDNs (Internationalized domain names)

Added by Sean McBride about 7 years ago. Updated almost 4 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Category:
Aliases / Tables
Target version:
Start date:
02/12/2017
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
2.3.3
Affected Architecture:
All

Description

When creating a firewall alias and entering "www.bücher.ch" as the FQDN, pfsense gives an error stating:

"www.bücher.ch is not a valid host address, FQDN or alias."

This message is incorrect. www.bücher.ch is a valid FQDN.

Happily, entering the punycode representation (www.xn--bcher-kva.ch) results in everything working fine (alias can be created, rules using the alias work, ex: I can block that site).

I suggest that pfsense should accept Unicode characters in the FQDN textfield and internally convert them to punycode to pass down to pf or whatever other lower layers need it.

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