October 2006 Blog Posts

Hey MySpace.com -- we can't reach you on 127.0.0.1

Sometimes, when it’s late at night in the office, we notice odd things in the DNS that don’t belong. Sometimes they’re worthy of a blog mention. Tonight we highlight a myspace.com DNS misconfiguration.

$ host -vv myspace.com…

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Going to ISPCON? Remember "O" for OpenDNS

We’ve reached a (late) decision, but the verdict is in: we’ll be exhibiting at ISPCON in San Jose, CA, USA on November 7 – 9. As of now, the team in attendance will be David Ulevitch, John Roberts and myself (Allison Rhodes). Why…

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HughesNet satellite broadband customers cannot use OpenDNS at this time

While I’ve publicly speculated before, I now have official confirmation from Hughes that HughesNet customers cannot use OpenDNS — or any other alternate DNS service — at this time.

In HughesNet’s terms:Every remote [computer]…

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OpenDNS: "Amazing" and an "All-time favorite"

When it rains it pours. In a good way.

Heading back into the office this morning, we immediately noticed a drastic increase in support and contact e-mails. We soon figured out why, and we are definitely not complaining.

Two of…

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Thanks for help with D-Link and Actiontec routers

A brief note to say thank you to the several individuals who responded to our request for help on router instructions. We’re using the many useful emails and comments we got to cover the requested D-Link and Actiontec routers. We…

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D-Link, Actiontec, Blackberry users: We need your help!

Update: We’ve gotten great response from D-Link and Actiontec customers. No need to send anymore. Still waiting on confirmation about Blackberry.

We realize there are lots of popular (and not-so-popular) routers and modems we…

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You can find me in St. Louis at NANOG

I’ll be in St. Louis, MO for the beginning of next week and would love to meet up with some of you.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I will be attending NANOG 38. NANOG is the North American Network Operators Group and is a great…

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Friends of OpenDNS, meet PhishTank

PhishTank is alive, and filling up.

PhishTank is a community anti-phishing Web site where anyone can go to submit suspected phishes, track the status of their submissions and help verify others’ submissions. Unlike other…

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