Comments on: OpenDNS is a pile-o-dookie http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/ This site is solar powered! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: john http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/comment-page-1/#comment-17260 john Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:46:14 +0000 http://slacy.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/#comment-17260 Well, opendns seems to be a lot more worried about its own goodwill than the companies that opendns is listing without any aunthentication. I have gone through numerous website that opendns is listing with wrong lables. The worst thing is the opendns has no professional who can check and confirm that the lable sticked with a website is right. Again on contacting them, the only reply is that we have found the information from some website that this company is involved in some sort of suspicious activity so we have started blocking it. Obviously it is easy to earn money like this and that is what opendns is doing. In my opinion, as a computer professional and having some experiance with these guys, I would say that opendns is NOT a trust worthy service. Do not use opendns. Hope this helps, John Well, opendns seems to be a lot more worried about its own goodwill than the companies that opendns is listing without any aunthentication. I have gone through numerous website that opendns is listing with wrong lables. The worst thing is the opendns has no professional who can check and confirm that the lable sticked with a website is right. Again on contacting them, the only reply is that we have found the information from some website that this company is involved in some sort of suspicious activity so we have started blocking it. Obviously it is easy to earn money like this and that is what opendns is doing.

In my opinion, as a computer professional and having some experiance with these guys, I would say that opendns is NOT a trust worthy service. Do not use opendns.

Hope this helps,
John

]]> By: Ralf http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/comment-page-1/#comment-17100 Ralf Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:58:37 +0000 http://slacy.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/#comment-17100 In case you want to set up OpenDNS on OpenWrt, I've posted a brief step-by-step tutorial here: http://www.talentgrouplabs.com/blog/archive/2008/06/08/opendns-on-openwrt-with-my-linksys-router.aspx Hope this helps, Ralf In case you want to set up OpenDNS on OpenWrt, I’ve posted a brief step-by-step tutorial here:
http://www.talentgrouplabs.com/blog/archive/2008/06/08/opendns-on-openwrt-with-my-linksys-router.aspx

Hope this helps,
Ralf

]]> By: David Ulevitch http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/comment-page-1/#comment-16446 David Ulevitch Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:47:42 +0000 http://slacy.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/#comment-16446 Paul, yes it should. But the fact that most VPN software sucks is still something we should deal with better, even though it isn't our fault. Paul, yes it should. But the fact that most VPN software sucks is still something we should deal with better, even though it isn’t our fault.

]]> By: Paul Westbrook http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/comment-page-1/#comment-16445 Paul Westbrook Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:11:15 +0000 http://slacy.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/#comment-16445 Shouldn't the vpn software route all dns requests, especially for the "private" hosts through the vpn? This will bypass OpenDNS when connecting through a VPN Shouldn’t the vpn software route all dns requests, especially for the “private” hosts through the vpn? This will bypass OpenDNS when connecting through a VPN

]]> By: Mike http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/comment-page-1/#comment-16444 Mike Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:34:44 +0000 http://slacy.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/#comment-16444 OpenDNS also has a KB article dealing with VPNs that may be helpful to you: http://opendns.com/support/article/164 OpenDNS also has a KB article dealing with VPNs that may be helpful to you: http://opendns.com/support/article/164

]]> By: daniel http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/comment-page-1/#comment-16441 daniel Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:29:14 +0000 http://slacy.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/#comment-16441 Typo Exceptions generally resolve this issue - see http://www.opendns.com/support/article/164 I do support for OpenDNS and would be happy to help. You can contact me directly or at http://www.opendns.com/support/contact/ Typo Exceptions generally resolve this issue - see http://www.opendns.com/support/article/164

I do support for OpenDNS and would be happy to help. You can contact me directly or at http://www.opendns.com/support/contact/

]]> By: David Ulevitch http://slacy.com/blog/2008/01/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/comment-page-1/#comment-16440 David Ulevitch Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:10:22 +0000 http://slacy.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/opendns-is-a-pile-o-dookie/#comment-16440 That sucks. We try pretty hard not to be a huge pile of dookie. Feel free to email us if you want to try and troubleshoot it. Happy to get it figured out. That sucks. We try pretty hard not to be a huge pile of dookie. Feel free to email us if you want to try and troubleshoot it. Happy to get it figured out.

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