Re: OpenDNS safer or not?

davidu <davidu@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Jun 19, 4:23 pm, "Sebastian G." <s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Neil W Rickert wrote:
"peter" <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Is it safer to use OpenDNS as the default DNS, or is it better to use the
one from my ISP?

Safest is to run your own caching DNS server.

With ORSN as root zone and as primary cache for the gTLDs.

Why on earth would you think that's "safer?"

We're giving more control and insight into the DNS than anyone ever
has. OpenDNS has done more to secure the DNS in less than a year than
the old guard of the Internet has in the last 20 years.

I guess that makes you a true believer :(

Blocking of botnets, phishing sites, etc at the resolver, at
the edge of the network where it has the most directed impact without
wide-spread repercussions?

OpenDNS "protects" you from phishing sites by giving out false
information. A DNS server that deliberately gives out false
information is a security risk. I advise against using OpenDNS.

.

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