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From: "John Beamish" Here are the thoughts of some others http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/18/opendns-wants-to-watch-the-web-for-you OpenDNS is a new start up that wants users to redirect web traffic through its DNS nameservers, where an unusually large cache and an aggregated list of sites deemed guilty of phishing will make our web surfing faster and safer. Itƒ ™s free and as simple as changing your DNS address from your ISP and to OpenDNS, but a number of serious concerns about the service have already been raised. There's more plus comments. As I said before, I'm not a techie type but found this itneresting. On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:10:07 -0400, John Beamish wrote: > OK ... I really don't know if this guy has something or not but thought > you people might be interested. > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71345-0.html?tw=wn_index_1 > > > By Ryan Singel| Also by this reporter > 02:00 AM Jul, 10, 2006 > > Few netizens think about the internet's domain name system: the > architecture that invisibly translates a browser's request for, say, > wikipedia.org into the numeric IP address where the site is hosted. > > But a new startup is hoping to make DNS into a household word and usher > in an age where smarter DNS service is offered competitively, like > e-mail service or spam filtering today. > --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 5030/786 @PATH: 379/45 1 106/2000 633/267 |
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