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).
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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.
For sure - but my fear is that all my monies will go to Nigeria once my bank account details and sort code get out........
Hey, if it's good enough for Jeremy Clarkson etc...
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