On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 23:27 -0700, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> I'm using openDns and I must say that I'm fairly impressed with what I'm
> getting considering that I'm using the basic free service. Most of the
> sites I know about that I consider inappropriate are inaccessible with
> openDns. I'd guess that the service is at least 90% effective at
> categorizing web sites properly.
>
> I think what is more interesting beyond the filtering power, something
> you may or may not need, is that the service apparently protects against
> phishing sites.
>
> My only complaint is that I should be able to tell my ISP to get the
> service for me and my ISP should make sure that I can only access the
> openDNS name servers.
>
> Thinks like Tor may make the utility of openDns questionable, but I
> guess that depends on your environment and your needs. Tor is limited.
>
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here's an excerpt from a paper i wrote up on advantages of using
opendns:
OpenDNS provides a top-notch service, and their servers handle nearly 20
billion DNS requests daily, with excellent response times and impressive
reliability. OpenDNS really sweetens the pot with it’s big list of
available features, though. Even with free accounts, OpenDNS users who
create an account have:
* ability to track web usage statistics (or turn them off entirely
if you’re concerned with privacy)
* protection against phishing and malware sites
* the ability to set shortcuts (i.e. just type ‘mail’ and your
shortcut will take you to your favorite mail site,
mail.yahoo.com)
* typo correction
* effective web content filtering with a huge array of categories
to allow you to choose what content is accessible on the
network.
* customizable search pages for unresolvable addresses, mine has a
picture of my cat
you can see that opendns offers a lot more than just dns w/ their public
service.
and michael, forgive me if i'm wrong, but isn't tor more oriented toward
obscuring activity than any of the above services? all i remember about
tor from the brief period i had used it was that it bogged down the
internet speed abysmally.
- nathan
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