OpenDNS Blog - Latest Comments

Re: Traveling this summer? Then read this.

Phillip — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:57 -0000

You can always change the DNS on your machine without modifying anyone's router. At home it's preferable to modify your router so the Open DNS settings go to every connected device automatically, you can certainly edit each device's DNS settings manually, regardless.

Re: Big News from OpenDNS

David Ulevitch, Founder/CEO — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:27:05 -0000

Jordan -- We're working on it!

Re: Big News from OpenDNS

Jordan — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:48:34 -0000

Come to Australia :D

Re: Despite DNS break, OpenDNS users can still access Instagr.am links

Ajs — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:43:32 -0000

How did you ensure that you weren't delivering your customers to IPs that were no longer associated with Instagram?

Re: Despite DNS break, OpenDNS users can still access Instagr.am links

Ruben — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:49:16 -0000

One of the many reasons why using OpenDNS is a must.

Re: Five Reasons Engineers Love Working at OpenDNS

Marcos Ortiz — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:11:48 -0000

Great tips. I sent an email to David about how I can work at OpenDNS, but I didn´t obtain answer. Best wishes

Re: Overcoming the hype around Big Data and Internet Security

Zen DDoS Protection — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:25:24 -0000

Security monitoring generates big data, but big data is only a
means to an end. The end goal is improved, risk based information security decision making based on prioritized, actionable insight derived from the data.

True it is.

Re: Locking Down: Whitelist-Only Mode

Alan — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:01:43 -0000

Whitelist-only probably should be widely used for PCs used to conduct online banking, payroll, or similar high-risk financial transactions online.

FBI guidance:
"Minimize the number of, and restrict the functions for, computer workstations and laptops that are used for online banking and payments. A workstation used for online banking should not be used for general web browsing, e-mailing, and social networking. Conduct online banking and payments activity from at least one dedicated computer that is not used for other online activity."

https://www.ic3.gov/media/2010...

Re: Do you use iCloud? You might want to think twice…

Donald — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:29:28 -0000

I would not necessary call that a hack.. More like Social Engineering..

Re: Scalable security: Campus-wide malware protection without appliances or proxies

Mai — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:13:29 -0000

This is so cool, I had no idea they were doing this. I'm using my own antivirus (Unthreat Antivirus) which was free so I feel safe at the moment but it would be cool if my school did this.

Re: A love letter to early adopters

Serra Boten — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:12:13 -0000

All the love!! Sorry if that wasn't clear, we definitely love you too :)

Re: A love letter to early adopters

rino19ny — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:03:02 -0000

what about us early OpenDNS adopters? no love :(

Re: A love letter to early adopters

Serra Boten — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:30:11 -0000

Thanks Tom! Always!

Re: A love letter to early adopters

Tom — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:08:16 -0000

hey sera, sera...whatever will be..will be...

keep up the great work!

Re: Fun with Web deobfuscation

Nathan — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:26:51 -0000

Great work OpenDNS, this was a very interesting read on deobfuscation.

Re: 5 tips for safer online shopping this holiday season.

Pandora — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:35:38 -0000

Thanks for the article. We all need to be more proactive about our personal account security. One thing you failed to mention is taking advantage of the 2FA (2-Factor Authentication). Although it’s been around for a while, more and more sites are starting to offer and promote this option. 2-Factor Authentication to complete a transaction while shopping online wins every day. I feel suspicious when I am not asked to telesign into my account by way of 2FA, it just feels as if they are not offering me enough protection. I know some will claim this make things more complicated, but the slight inconvenience each time you log in is worth the confidence of knowing your info is secure. This should be a prerequisite to any system that wants to promote itself as being secure.

Re: 5 tips for safer online shopping this holiday season.

khadeijahlacy — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:51:35 -0000

i think your 100% right

Re: Meet Umbrella: Mobile, Roaming and Everywhere Security by OpenDNS

Matt — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:49:52 -0000

David - great work and thanks for the services you consistently provide. Any plans for unification between DNSCrypt / Umbrella for individual users?

Re: Meet Umbrella: Mobile, Roaming and Everywhere Security by OpenDNS

Stanley Walter — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:27:29 -0000

Android support?

Re: Meet Umbrella: Mobile, Roaming and Everywhere Security by OpenDNS

Isaac Kwan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:36:01 -0000

Do you guys take PayPal?

Re: Face it: Your users are accessing company data over unsecured Wi-FI networks

It Support — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:16:26 -0000

This it is very true. Anyone will get on a free wireless network if there is no other way to get on the Internet.

I've done at the airport, I even connected wirelessly to a couple of wireless networks that had pretty sketchy SSIDs. B

Re: Fun with Web deobfuscation

William Haun — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:22:24 -0000

You guys are a bunch of geniuses. Wow.

Re: Fun with Web deobfuscation

Neil Erdwien — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:05:10 -0000

I once traced through an evil piece of JavaScript where the text of the evil function itself was used to create a hash value that decrypted the rest of the function. So as soon as you modified the function, by adding debugging, or even adding a line break, the hash was different and the function didn't work as designed.

Re: Fun with Web deobfuscation

Chris Thomas — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:42:28 -0000

Am I correct in assuming that this interesting work will be paid for and benefitted from by OpenDNS Enterprise customers? This is great value and it would be only right that OpenDNS gains revenue from such work.

Wish there was a cut-down affordable version of OpenDNS Enterprise for us home users.

Re: Ubiquitous connectivity requires ubiquitous security.

Jarrett Goetz — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:37:42 -0000

Sounds awesome, can't wait to try it out!