Free Site Blocking and Phishing Protection.

[Bebop]

http://www.opendns.com/


Their DNS server is pretty fast too.

[jkane]

"Phisting" protection is important!  :blush:

[Bluto]

May God help me if I ever need 'phisting' protection.

[Bebop]

Oops. Phishing is now in my spell checker.

[jimbop99]

Thank you for the link.

[basshive]

Great site, just beware problems with TTL and caching. Both of which I ran into months ago when these guys opened to the public.

[Bebop]

What is TTL?

[Steve Mann]

TTL  = Time To Live

It's a timing/caching network protocol on how long DNS records are stored before being refreshed.

More info from OpenDNS' FAQ page:

Does OpenDNS cache domains longer than the TTL (Time To Live) setting?

No, OpenDNS never caches domains beyond the limit of the TTL (Time To Live) settings. TTL is set by the domain owner and tells servers how long they may cache the resolved location before asking the authoritative nameservers once again where the domain points. OpenDNS caches are large enough to hold domains until the TTL expiration, in most cases.

[Bebop]

Thanks.

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