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 | MadtownPremium
join:2008-04-26
Madera, CA | Re: Open DNS is OK I use OpenDNS, I have it set up for my router, that way I can protect all of the laptops that connect to my router. | |
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 |  Good for them
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| | | Re: Good for them I agree - good for them. I've been using OpenDNS for almost 2 years and I'm quite happy with their service. It's a "set and forget" network setting. 
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 ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
join:2002-03-03
Mullica Hill, NJ
kudos:4
4 edits |  You can use OpenDNS without redirection to ad page ...
If you really don't want to be redirected to a search page with ads when making a typo on a domain name, you can still do that with OpenDNS.
You can sign up for a FREE account and then set up the option to turn off "typo correction". You go in to the Dashboard at www.opendns.com and select "settings" and then "typo corrections" and then uncheck the box "enable typo correction".
This turns off all redirection and returns the standard browser error page. OpenDNS then acts as a std DNS server you can use to bypass ISP DNS servers that use DNS redirection.
But if you turn off typo correction, then none of the blocking capabilities will work either.
Directions are here on how to setup OpenDNS DNS servers on your system:
»www.opendns.com/start
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join:2001-04-10
Geneva, IL
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| I use OpenDNS I use it at home to help me protect the kids from inappropriate web sites. It works well for this.
My church also uses it, for the same reason, for the school ministry.
Note: This is not the only protection, but a part of it. Parental supervision at home and random monitoring at the school also play a part.
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jagged
join:2003-07-01
Boynton Beach, FL | Good for them I like their service a lot
Nice to see they are getting something in return and are less likely to go extinct | |
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Emiya
join:2006-03-30
Southington, OH | How much is profit? So it's a little over 7 million a year; nice but not really impressive. The real question is how much of that goes to overhead and how much do they keep? | |
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|  mrchrisOut and aroundPremium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | Re: How much is profit? Impressive if I could make such money... | |
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|  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by Emiya:So it's a little over 7 million a year; nice but not really impressive. The real question is how much of that goes to overhead and how much do they keep? Now you see why isps are into the redir game!
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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| Sheesh.... It's about time someone started beating down these evil corporations -- clearly they're charging too much if they're making these obscene profits. All they're doing is DNS, they shouldn't be able to profit that much from that! Oh, and a windfall profits tax is clearly in order.
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| | | Re: Sheesh.... You forgot to include a '/sarcasm' tag... someone might think you're serious (instead of jesting).  | |
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| |  NyQuil Kid8f The Nyquil Kid
join:2001-01-06
Brick, NJ | Re: Sheesh.... The tragic thing is that someone WOULD think he was being serious and actually agree with the statement.
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|  Its a SecretPlease speak into the microphonePremium
join:2008-02-23
Da wet coast
kudos:3 | said by jester121:It's about time someone started beating down these evil corporations -- clearly they're charging too much if they're making these obscene profits. All they're doing is DNS, they shouldn't be able to profit that much from that! Oh, and a windfall profits tax is clearly in order. Yea, 7 billion hits a day and they're raping people... Shake your head. The BW charges must be huge.
The gene pool needs some chlorine in it...
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| | jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Re: Sheesh.... DSLR news much? If you do you'll get the joke. | |
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| ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
join:2002-03-03
Mullica Hill, NJ
kudos:4 | Re: They deserve to be compensated but... said by Selenia:I would still use another alternative DNS that doesn't redirect. I wonder if the name makes OpenDNS so popular. I do tend to wonder, given the number of other alternative DNS servers. I use Level3's myself. Nice clean 404 error for any app. Even those that don't use cookies. You can use OpenDNS and still get clean 404 errors:
»You can use OpenDNS without redirection to ad page ...
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| |  SeleniaI love DebianPremium
join:2006-09-22
Lanesboro, MA
kudos:2
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| Re: They deserve to be compensated but... said by ThrowDemsOut:said by Selenia:I would still use another alternative DNS that doesn't redirect. I wonder if the name makes OpenDNS so popular. I do tend to wonder, given the number of other alternative DNS servers. I use Level3's myself. Nice clean 404 error for any app. Even those that don't use cookies. You can use OpenDNS and still get clean 404 errors: » You can use OpenDNS without redirection to ad page ... But options like that would be tracked by cookies. Correct me if I'm wrong on that, but that would still make it an issue for various apps that debug based on the errors they receive(like by purging an address from their cache) because they will not be using cookies like a browser would. | |
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| | | | | Re: They deserve to be compensated but... I think it is actually tracked by your IP address. I have a server at home that keeps OpenDNS up to date on whenever my dynamic IP changes, so it's not an issue for me and then I get some cool stats to look at. I still use their redirection pages because sometimes they are useful for me and I also appreciate the service. | |
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| | I use them I use them just in case Comcast decides to start screwing with DNS, and for when Comcast's servers just don't respond (which happened all to frequently).
It'd be nice if DNS redirection was opt-in, but whatever. | |
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 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA | Another Winner I have been using Treewalk with OpenDNS forwarders for quite some time now. I would hunt for a low latency forwarder, but OpenDNS has been very reliable, so I don't bother anymore. | |
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| ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
join:2002-03-03
Mullica Hill, NJ
kudos:4 | Re: Another Winner said by jmn1207:I have been using Treewalk with OpenDNS forwarders for quite some time now. I would hunt for a low latency forwarder, but OpenDNS has been very reliable, so I don't bother anymore. Treewalk still doesn't have an approved Windows Vista version out, though some have got it to work with Vista.
I used to use Treewalk with xp but found I no longer need it. Between DNS caches in the browser(FF) and in the OS(Vista) and the high availability and reliability of OpenDNS, I found I just didn't need Treewalk to resolve domains quickly.
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| | jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA | Re: Another Winner said by ThrowDemsOut:said by jmn1207:I have been using Treewalk with OpenDNS forwarders for quite some time now. I would hunt for a low latency forwarder, but OpenDNS has been very reliable, so I don't bother anymore. Treewalk still doesn't have an approved Windows Vista version out, though some have got it to work with Vista. I used to use Treewalk with xp but found I no longer need it. Between DNS caches in the browser(FF) and in the OS(Vista) and the high availability and reliability of OpenDNS, I found I just didn't need Treewalk to resolve domains quickly. I found I just didn't need Vista, to do a lot of things quickly. | |
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| | Interesting, but I won't need them I'd rather run my own full resolver here. The only DNS server you can trust is the one you own.
And when all else fails, and I need to use another resolver, I use the king of caching nameservers - 4.2.2.1 - 4.2.2.5. I've been using that one as a fall back every since someone lost the network settings for a device and we didn't have the ISP's DNS server IPs.
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kmcheng
join:2002-02-12
Elmhurst, NY
kudos:1 | good and free DNS service OpenDNS is pretty good.
first, it is free. second, you have more control over the DNS setting when you apply for an account.
Yeah, it sucks to pay the ISP but not using their DNS. But when there is a better and free DNS service than the ISP's one, why not use it? | |
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StojkoPremium
join:2007-10-20
St John's NL Reviews:
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| I use OpenDNS ...and it hasn't failed me yet. A while ago when I reinstalled XP I forgot to set my DNS servers back to OpenDNS and I logged onto the internet and of course Aliant's DNS servers must have been down again since no websites would resolve. I used my cell phone's browser to get the IP addresses for OpenDNS's servers and entered them and the internet has been fine ever since, and I find that it's a bit faster aswell. | |
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