"Open DNS" = Big Brother?
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From: Davoud on 26 May 2010 07:11 Davoud: > > > Is "Open DNS" a "service" of the host for davidillig.com or perhaps of > > > Verizon? Barry Margolin: > You can only use the Dashboard if you have your own OpenDNS account, and > run their client to register your dynamic IP with them. Apparently he's > getting OpenDNS servers because Verizon assigns them automatically, not > because he signed up with OpenDNS himself. Exactly so. In no way did I ask for OpenDNS; I never heard of it before this issue came up. Now I am trying to switch to a different DNS server. When I change the settings in my router the computers work fine, but the iThingies (Pads, Phones, Pods) can't see the Internet. I don't have time to mess with it at the moment... Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Jolly Roger on 26 May 2010 09:30 In article <260520100711348309%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote: > Davoud: > > > > Is "Open DNS" a "service" of the host for davidillig.com or perhaps of > > > > Verizon? > > Barry Margolin: > > You can only use the Dashboard if you have your own OpenDNS account, and > > run their client to register your dynamic IP with them. Apparently he's > > getting OpenDNS servers because Verizon assigns them automatically, not > > because he signed up with OpenDNS himself. > > Exactly so. In no way did I ask for OpenDNS; I never heard of it before > this issue came up. Now I am trying to switch to a different DNS > server. IMO that would be throwing out the baby with the bath water. If you want to turn off the phishing protection, all that is required is that you create an account on the OpenDNS web site and toggle a simple setting. Otherwise, I suggest you take it up with the people who switched you to OpenDNS: your ISP. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: J Burns on 26 May 2010 11:36 Davoud wrote: > Davoud: >>>> Is "Open DNS" a "service" of the host for davidillig.com or perhaps of >>>> Verizon? > > Barry Margolin: >> You can only use the Dashboard if you have your own OpenDNS account, and >> run their client to register your dynamic IP with them. Apparently he's >> getting OpenDNS servers because Verizon assigns them automatically, not >> because he signed up with OpenDNS himself. > > Exactly so. In no way did I ask for OpenDNS; I never heard of it before > this issue came up. Now I am trying to switch to a different DNS > server. When I change the settings in my router the computers work > fine, but the iThingies (Pads, Phones, Pods) can't see the Internet. I > don't have time to mess with it at the moment... > > Davoud > I don't know why DNS server addresses in a router would affect iThingies. Anyway, I don't tamper with my router. OS X can use DHCP to pick up DNS servers from a router. I open System Preferences > Network to override that part. Changing servers that way is quick and simple. If OpenDNS blocked me from a site, I'd switch DNS servers temporarily. I've never been blocked but have switched when lookups seemed slow and I wondered if OpenDNS was jammed up. Without checking Network Preferences, the only way I know I'm using OpenDNS is that sometimes it informs me a certain site doesn't seem to be loading right now. That tip can save time.
From: Jolly Roger on 27 May 2010 09:50 In article <htjf7b$nm7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, J Burns <burns4(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > I don't know why DNS server addresses in a router would affect > iThingies. What's an "iThingie"? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: J Burns on 27 May 2010 10:06
Jolly Roger wrote: > In article <htjf7b$nm7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > J Burns <burns4(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> I don't know why DNS server addresses in a router would affect >> iThingies. > > What's an "iThingie"? > Ad Davoud said above, "When I change the settings in my router the computers work fine, but the iThingies (Pads, Phones, Pods) can't see the Internet." I thought he had coined the term, but here it is from 2007: http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2007/12/get-ready-for-t.html |