See the new tab up there, at the far right? It says My Account. Go ahead and take a look. Or read on for why you’ll want to create a free account. You can find the tab and Sign In link at the upper right of every page of the OpenDNS website.
OpenDNS invited the public to use its free, reliable DNS service for the first time on July 10, 2006. Less than a week later, we introduced preferences for OpenDNS, which gave the individual user the opportunity to manage their DNS in a way that had never before been possible. Later, at customer request, we used our platform to offer choice in their response to Cameroon’s TLD policies.
OpenDNS Accounts represents the next step in our commitment to give our customers choice and control.
We talk a lot about “Safer, Faster and Smarter” DNS built on a rock-solid and reliable foundation. A big part of being safer and smarter means giving you control. That’s what OpenDNS Accounts is all about.
When was the last time your DNS improved?
It doesn’t matter if you have one IP at home that you manage or a massive network of disconnected offices — OpenDNS Accounts is for you.
Secure
Registration, sign in, and all profile and preferences are managed with a username and password on a secure, encrypted site using SSL (like your bank does).
Dynamic DNS Support
OpenDNS Accounts support the use of dynamic DNS (DDNS) update mechanisms to allow you to securely manage your Account and get your preferences even with a dynamic IP address. Read for details. Note: Because OpenDNS uses SSL, there are several very good DDNS clients which do not (yet) work. We are going to encourage various developers to add support for SSL to their otherwise very strong DDNS software.
Statistics
Everyone from individuals to network operators will enjoy a bit of insight into statistics about their DNS usage. How many DNS requests per day do you make? How many individual domains per day do you resolve? On that pretty graph I see for the OpenDNS service, what am I contributing? Basically, we’re taking the stats we show the public and giving you similar insight with the stats that relate to your DNS traffic.
Just as a heads up — while DNS resolution is blinding fast (as always), our stats processing happens (as our network guys say) out-of-band and is done separately. You will not see statistics immediately (at least, not just yet). It may take as long as 48 hours for your stats to appear.
We feel strongly that this is a platform for DNS unlike anything that has ever existed before and continues to help OpenDNS bring about evolutionary changes to the DNS that dramatically change the end-user experience.
P.S. If you have OpenDNS preferences, they will continue to work until they are superseded by an OpenDNS Account with the same IP address. We suggest that anyone using OpenDNS preferences set up a free account now and verify your IP address.
Shaun McDonald
How does this work if I take my laptop out and about to various other (public) (wireless) networks? Will my network at home suddenly lose it’s preferences?
posted on November 7th, 2006 at 11:42 am
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posted on November 7th, 2006 at 11:58 am
gHacks tech news
Why it might be a good idea to use Open DNS…
I decided to read more about open dns after I read Evertons article “Does open dns really speed up web pages” on his great website connected internet. He was trying to find out why a dns service that was using servers in the United States w…
posted on November 7th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
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OpenDNS Launches Accounts…
I just came back from dinner with David and Allison from OpenDNS and they gave me the scoop on a new feature that launches today. OpenDNS accounts give users more control over their online experience - allowing them to manage settings on different netw…
posted on November 7th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Dave Werner
Just made the switch to OpenDNS. Great work guys.
posted on November 7th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Sam Thompson
I just switched my company over to OpenDNS on the same day that accounts came out! Good timing, and a great service, keep up the good work guys! (looking forward to the london servers!)
posted on November 8th, 2006 at 12:50 am
Richard Crowley
Great work! The accounts feature is well done - all the settings I want to change and none I don’t care about. Also, OpenDNS is far and away faster than Charter Communications at resolving uncommon DNS records.
http://richarddcrowley.org/blog/170/
posted on November 8th, 2006 at 9:34 am
TerDale
Hi,
Thanks for this great free service!
However, I attempted to create an account last Friday (with the email specified for this very post), and I’m still waited for the confirmation email… Are you aware on any issue related to the subscription process?
BTW, I’m in France, but doubt that could be the source of the problem…
Thanks in advance for your help
posted on November 12th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
TerDale
Oops, forget it, just retried account creation, and was successful this time.
Thanks again for all the hard work for this killer service
posted on November 12th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
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Paul
Hi there. I love OpenDNS. A question which may have been answered long ago.. Is there a way to set a profile for customized content filtering? Once I have set it up, and change to limited or high, and the then want to go back to my customized setting, it’s all gone..
Thanks!! Paul
posted on December 17th, 2009 at 2:00 am