OpenDNS Offers DNS Vulnerability Protection

"Tech site Webmonkey advises users not sure whether or not their DNS servers are patched against a recently discovered vulnerability to switch to the excellent, free DNS service, OpenDNS."

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Using OpenDNS with your own DNS

"OpenDNS adds the possibility of domain name based filtering. You can configure your own white and blacklist, but they also have a list of categories you can choose from. Most interesting category I found was phising, but I image that if you got small children at home you'd also want to block porn and such. Domain name spelling correction is an added bonus, plus they promise almost 100% service availability, superior performance, domain name spell checking and statistics gathering (can be turned off)."

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Safer, Faster, and Smarter internet access by using OpenDNS

OpenDNS protects you from phishing — bad websites trying to steal your personal information. When you try to go to a phishing site, Opendns let you know. Let’s try to configure and use this on Linux.