OpenDNS makes your Internet work better
Most people probably don’t even know what DNS is. DNS stands for domain name system. You probably use it every day! Have you ever visited http://64.233.187.99? Go ahead, open it in a new browser tab; I’ll wait. You may notice that it looks an awful lot like google.com. It turns out it is. DNS translates an easy to remember domain name like google.com into an IP address.
Most people just use whatever DNS servers their ISP tells them to use. As soon as you connect up your computer or router to the cable or DSL modem, your ISP sends down a couple of DNS servers to use. It’s time to use something better! OpenDNS uses larger caches to speed up DNS queries. It also blocks known phishing sites, and re-directs you if you make a typeo like “google.cmo”.
November 7th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
I definitely like the features. There have been some criticisms about privacy, security and the centralization of what is supposed to be a decentralized service. I’ll probably keep with the default stuff for now at least.
This thread is interesting reading though.