You can check the malware blocking capabilities of any product or service by going to a place like malwaredomainlist.com.
I don't see them blocking many sites. You're right, though, in this threat environment, every bit helps. Alex -----Original Message----- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS It does block many Malware sites... so in a sense it helps with the Malware issue. Should anyone depend on that solely, no, but multi-Layered protection is a good thing to strive for. -----Original Message----- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS OpenDNS is more of a content control system. It does not do much in the area of malware blocking. This may change, but I would not rely on it for that. That being said, I use it at home and it is very good. Alex -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS I haven't looked at the enterprise level system from OpenDNS... how does it differentiate each user? Can you look up what a user was doing at a specified time? (Aka, is there good logging?) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Johnson Subject: RE: OpenDNS > I actually use the free version as an additional level of safety. I > have a Sonicwall that does filtering, but I also run it through > OpenDNS for that extra level, plus their servers are MUCH faster than > the DNS that AT&T wants us to use! > > I have had ZERO problems with it. I am looking into the Enterprise > option for per user filtering. Right now, I get around it by sending > certain users through different ip's and have different policies per ip in OpenDNS. > > Jeff Johnson > Systems Administrator > 714-773-2600 Office > 714-773-6351 Fax > [cid:[email protected]] > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
