Yep, the free service that I use to replace my ISPs DNS has turned one. It’s been quite a year of growth, and I started using OpenDNS back in March, but for me, it’s been pretty smooth.
The coolest features that I use are shortcuts and spelling correction. If I type want to visit this blog from my OpenDNS managed systems, I simply type ‘blog’ in the browser address bar. If I mistype a website address, OpenDNS either makes an assumption (microsoft.cm == microsoft.com) or returns a page of near misses.
Earlier this year, OpenDNS added a few new services:
Domain Blocking — Many of you asked for a simple way to block a single domain on your network. With OpenDNS, now you can. You might have complex firewalls and other gear but they don’t easily do the simple task of blocking myspace.com. We’re glad to offer this service, and thousands of you have taken advantage of it. Oh yeah, it’s free.
Adult Site Blocking — If there was one complaint we got about domain blocking it was that we didn’t offer a list of adult sites to block. Good news — now we do. We teamed up with our friends at St. Bernard Software to provide an accurate and easy way to block adult sites on your network. Oh yeah, it’s free too.
Well done OpenDNS, and Happy Birthday!
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Aww, thanks for the kind words!
Actually, thank you for a very cool service. It’s easy to say nice things about good things.
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