[bug] Cyrillic domain names should be converted to punicode

[nicolaasjan]

What extention/adblocker/firewall do you have?

• [ ] AdBlock Plus
• [ ] AdGuard (browser)
• [ ] uBlock Origin
• [x] Hosts file

  What OS/browser do you have (optional)

What list(s) are you using?

• [ ] Porn.txt
• [ ] Antirickroll
• [x] Antimalware
• [ ] Other (explain)

  What other lists do you have (optional - helps me find the problem)

What is the issue?

• [ ] Is this a feature request?
• [ ] Is this site breakage?
• [ ] Did you test in Firefox
• [ ] Does this problem still occur when the website is force reloaded? (Control-Shift-R for most browsers on Linux, Cmd-Shift-R for MacOS)
• [ ] Did you test:
  • [ ] In another browser
  • [ ] In an modified browser profile
  • [ ] On another device
  • [ ] When disabling all other lists except the defaults
  • [ ] When disabling all other extentions
  • [ ] On the latest version for your OS, browser, and adblocker
  • [ ] Using an up-to-date version of uBlock Origin or AdGuard

    If it is site breakage, how is the site broken:

Did you try updating your lists? This could fix the problem.

In the Alternative list formats/antimalware_pure_hosts.txt I found 7 domains written in Cyrillic, which can not be parsed in my hosts file. Found them by sorting the list alphabetically.

0.0.0.0 гослуги.рф
0.0.0.0 госсуслуга.рф
0.0.0.0 госсуслуугии.рф
0.0.0.0 госулуги.рф
0.0.0.0 госуслуги-госномера.рф
0.0.0.0 госуслуги-ру.рф
0.0.0.0 госуспуги.рф

I think they should be converted to punicode:

0.0.0.0 xn--c1aapkosp.xn--p1ai
0.0.0.0 xn--80afa5aosaarc.xn--p1ai
0.0.0.0 xn--c1aapamrvaatca.xn--p1ai
0.0.0.0 xn--c1aapkosob.xn--p1ai
0.0.0.0 xn----8sbhabmswnjffb4aeag2ac.xn--p1ai
0.0.0.0 xn----etbaunrsdatce.xn--p1ai
0.0.0.0 xn--c1aapwflapc.xn--p1ai

I used an online converter: https://www.punycoder.com/

For reference: https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-to-unblock-specific-idn-domains/51237

[github-actions[bot]]

Hi, @nicolaasjan! Thank you for opening an issue!
@iam-py-test will get to this as soon as possible

[nicolaasjan]

B.t.w., These domains, except госуслуги-госномера.рф have expired.

[iam-py-test]

Thank you. The entries should now be converted to punycode automatically, and I removed the dead domains you mentioned.

[nicolaasjan]

Thanks! I've never seen an issue resolved so fast. 😀️ 🌻

Do you check for dead domains regularly?

[iam-py-test]

Do you check for dead domains regularly?

I try to, but (as you saw) it's really hit-and-miss. It's too big to check it all by hand and even automated tools take a while, so probably a good amount of the domains listed are dead.

I've never seen an issue resolved so fast.

Thanks.