OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a free DNS resolution service. It provides the following two recursive nameserver addresses for public use, mapped to the nearest operational server location:* 208.67.222.222 (resolver1.opendns.com)
* 208.67.220.220 (resolver2.opendns.com)
* 208.67.220.220 (resolver2.opendns.com)
Often it's higher performing than your ISP's own DNS servers, that tend to be unwanted stepchildren of ISPs. DNS is not a very sexy thing for them to be offering, so they tend to be hosted on the oldest/slowest servers. The real killer feature of OpenDNS is the filtering they offer, which being at the domain-name resolution stage means you can point your router at them and your whole network is protected from phishing, porn and other dark back-waters of the internet.
For ages I ran a proxy server inside my network but it got very tedious and since I've offloaded every other function (mail serving etc.) this seems like a good replacement (and no software to run in my network).
For ages I ran a proxy server inside my network but it got very tedious and since I've offloaded every other function (mail serving etc.) this seems like a good replacement (and no software to run in my network).
Labels: DNS, networking
posted by Phil Crawley at
19:49
3 Comments:
some of us... who shall remain nameless.... tend to like to get down and dirty in the seedy backwaters of the internet. there's a certain charm to the wild-west, unregulated, free-for-all that the internet is at the moment. Think the final stand of General Mapache in The Wild Bunch.
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Anonymous, at 10:00 AM
For sure - but my fear is that all my monies will go to Nigeria once my bank account details and sort code get out........
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Phil Crawley, at 10:34 AM
Hey, if it's good enough for Jeremy Clarkson etc...
http://tinyurl.com/33l3gl
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Rupert, at 10:15 PM
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