DNS Settings ... PC Format Mag

[sdd]

Does anyone of you use OpenDNS.

Read it in PCFormat and currently using the settings - pretty cool and FREE.

Check out www.opendns.com

 

[RichardG]

Yip, I am using OpenDNS

 

[quik]

Few questions:

Do you simply change your DNS server to theirs?
How does it work?
Wouldn't using an international DNS server slow down DNS requests?

 

[sdd]

good questions there quik - hopefully someone would be able to answer the details. I tried it and foundno marked difference in speed but I like the customisation allowed (shortcuts, etc) and the filters for adult content and phishing sites.

 

[The_Techie]

I'm using DynDNS at the moment

 

[killadoob]

what does this do exactly?

 

[smokey]

Just throwing out a question here... Ive used opendns before, but cant remember my login details. anyway... could i use that to register a za.net account and put google apps on it?

 

[sdd]

what does it do...

what does this do exactly?

check out http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opendsn-what-is-opendns-why-required-2/2587/

explains it nicely.

Useful if you have kids at want to apply filters.

As it says in the article - it does not improve internet speeds - just reliability.

 

[ghalied]

i use them as forwarders on my 2 Dns servers at home, they are reliable I must say.