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OpenDNS safer or not? peter 06-19-2007
Posted by Barry Margolin on June 27, 2007, 1:09 am
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> Since I'm also missing a little part of the discussion: In which way should
> OpenDNS be preferable to a simple stub resolver recursing on a typical
> ISP's caching-only DNS server with the ICANN root or the ORSN root?

You said it yourself: "Security also has various properties, one of the
is *reliability*."

Go to BBR and I'll bet you can find dozens of recommendations for
Comcast customers to switch to OpenDNS when they're having DNS problems.
I've personally never had any problem with Comcast's servers, but lots
of other customers have, and they almost always report that their life
is much better after switching to OpenDNS.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Posted by Sebastian G. on June 27, 2007, 9:53 am
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Barry Margolin wrote:

>
>> Since I'm also missing a little part of the discussion: In which way should
>> OpenDNS be preferable to a simple stub resolver recursing on a typical
>> ISP's caching-only DNS server with the ICANN root or the ORSN root?
>
> You said it yourself: "Security also has various properties, one of the
> is *reliability*."
>
> Go to BBR and I'll bet you can find dozens of recommendations for
> Comcast customers to switch to OpenDNS when they're having DNS problems.


Comcast customers are stupid by definition, the gross idiocy of this
provider has been obvious since years.

> I've personally never had any problem with Comcast's servers, but lots
> of other customers have, and they almost always report that their life
> is much better after switching to OpenDNS.

So, and where's your argument? I proclaim that they'd been better off with
the caching-only DNS server of a *serious* provider, or the ICANN root, or
the ORSN root.

Posted by davidu on June 28, 2007, 12:42 pm
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> Barry Margolin wrote:
>
> > Go to BBR and I'll bet you can find dozens of recommendations for
> > Comcast customers to switch to OpenDNS when they're having DNS problems.
>
> Comcast customers are stupid by definition, the gross idiocy of this
> provider has been obvious since years.
>

Stop trolling. Lots of people don't have any real choice when it
comes to their broadband provider. You know this. You also know that
OpenDNS doesn't do any of the bad things you mention.

My last message on this thread,
davidu


Posted by Neil W Rickert on July 4, 2007, 4:36 pm
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> You also know that
>OpenDNS doesn't do any of the bad things you mention.

See
        http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18612393
for an example of what OpenDNS does.


Posted by Ari on July 4, 2007, 7:31 pm
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:53:19 +0200, Sebastian G. wrote:

> Comcast customers are stupid by definition, the gross idiocy of this
> provider has been obvious since years.

If the choice is Comcast or nothing, what would you recommend?

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