Make your network safer, faster, smarter, and more reliable.
OpenDNS is a free service that works for networks of all sizes, from home networks to K-12 schools, SMBs and large enterprises.
Here is why I like OpenDNS and I use it on my networks, even at home!
It’s really easy to deploy, you only have to change your DNS Addresses to: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
- Security
Industry-leading anti-phishing protects everyone on your network from fraudulent phishing scams.
Award-winning Web content filtering gives you the power to block up to 50 categories of content.
Detailed statistics empower you to understand your network traffic and spot trends before they become problems.
- Infrastructure
OpenDNS’s distributed network makes Web sites load noticeably faster on your network.
They use something called Anycast routing technology which is supposed to make your Internet more reliable.
- Navigation
Browser Shortcuts let your users map a short term to a long URL via the address bar.
Typo correction auto-corrects the most common typos in top-level domains.
OpenDNS Guide also provides helpful search results when your users try to visit a Web site that isn’t resolving. Ok, maybe that’s a little bit more for them to recoupe the costs of running those servers for us. But hey, at least I know they are not malicious…
