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How Do You Speed Up & Filter Pornography and Tasteless Websites on Broadband FREE

OpenDNS

OpenDNS provides you with the tools to see what's happening on your network, coupled with the tools to take action. For example, IT/Network Administrators can discover that www.myspace.com is the most frequently visited site on the network, and then block it with a single click.

Filtering

OpenDNS allows anyone to easily block unwanted sites and provide a safer, more productive environment. It has a smart interface that provides granularity of control across multiple connections, and the statistics are easy to use and provide insight into our DNS traffic.

Speed

OpenDNS has servers situated strategically at the most well-connected intersections of the Internet. Unlike your ISP, our network uses Anycast routing technology, which means no matter where you are in the world your DNS requests are answered by our closest datacenter. Anycast routing also means that you are automatically routed to our next closest datacenter in the event of maintenance or downtime. This makes your Internet faster and more reliable.

Phishing Protection

OpenDNS operates www.phishtank.com, the most accurate and timely source of phishing data on the Web. We protect you from phishing scams by blocking the fraudulent sites from resolving on your network by incorporating PhishTank directly into our system.

Adult Site Blocking

Adult site blocking is an optional network feature. Adult site blocking is a free service. OpenDNS has teamed up with St. Bernard Software, who have human-reviewed tens of millions of domains, to make sure you get the most comprehensive, easy-to-use adult site blocking service ever.

All sites blocked are reviewed by the experienced iGuard team at St. Bernard Software. Pick from seven categories, listed below. Data is updated every day to keep it fresh and accurate.

The simple web-based interface makes protecting your network as simple as checking a box. Brand the block page

iGuard

Adult site data is provided by St. Bernard's iGuard. iGuard is the 100% human-reviewed URL database from St. Bernard Software. iGuard analysts work around the clock reviewing URLs to ensure that every update includes the latest sites, accurately categorized.

• Lingerie/bikini: Sites displaying or dedicated to lingerie/bikini that could be considered adult-only.
• Nudity: Sites that provide images or representations of nudity.
• Pornography: Anything relating to pornography, including mild depiction, soft pornography or hard-core pornography.
• Sexuality: Sites that provide information, images or implications of bondage, sadism, masochism, fetish, beating, body piercing or self-mutilation.
• Tasteless: Sites that contain information on such subjects as mutilation, torture, horror or the grotesque.
• Adult-themed: Sites that are adult in nature and are not defined in other rating categories.
• Proxy/anonymizer: Sites providing proxy bypass information or services. Also, sites that allow the user to surf the net anonymously, including sites that allow the user to send anonymous emails.

Check to see if a domain will be blocked and why

Web Proxy Blocking

Prevent people on your network from bypassing the access restrictions you put in place. Blocking Web proxies helps ensure your network remains secure.

Typo Correction

OpenDNS is able to correct small typo's, like typing google.cmo instead of google.com and thousands more like it.

Reliability

OpenDNS operates the largest and most intelligent DNS caches in the world. As a result, when you ask a question, OpenDNS almost always have the answer. This results in an overall faster way to navigate the Internet.

OpenDNS's architecture was designed to withstand even the worst of network failures and still serve your DNS reliably. Feel free to dive in and learn more about our architecture and how we run a zero-downtime network.

Configuration GUI

OpenDNS gives you a Dashboard for your DNS that provides detailed stats and analytics. This helps you understand what's happening with your network and see trends before they become problems. But knowing is only half the battle. So we give you the tools to take action.

How To Implement OpenDNS

If you have DSL router/modem, change your ISP DNS with OpenDNS's as below:

• Primary -

• Secondary -

If your connection is straight through to your computer, replace your DNS network properties settings with the primary and secondary DNS listed above

For more thorough instructions and how to implement look here and click on the router you might have or something similar if its not listed.

References

OpenDNS - Retrieved on 27 September 2007

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