Does this sound familiar?
You labor, with the best of intentions, to keep everyone on your network safe and their comings and goings secure, only to be met with successful attempts to bypass your efforts? Well, we have a new feature for you today, and it might make some 14-year old kids cry a little.
We now let you block Web-based proxy sites.
We added a new category to our Adult Site Blocking functionality called “Proxy/anonymizer.” This category, like the other adult site categories, is provided by our friends at St. Bernard.
Here’s how we describe the new category:
Proxy/anonymizer
Sites providing proxy bypass information or services. Also, sites that allow the user to surf the net anonymously, including sites that allow the user to send anonymous emails.
If you are blocking most adult sites, you probably want to block Web-based proxies too. Like Adult Site Blocking, this is free, too.
As usual, this was added in response to your awesome and helpful feedback. Thanks for using OpenDNS. 
Abbie
This is wonderful. Thank you for adding this!
posted on August 21st, 2007 at 2:55 am
Mike Brady
Great Work Guys keep it Up your one of the best Free services on the Net
posted on August 21st, 2007 at 3:43 am
Chris
Brilliant. Thanks.
posted on August 21st, 2007 at 4:03 am
Richard Brookside
Even though my kids are not net-savvy enough to think of using a proxy, I am sure it is only a matter of time before one of their friends are. Knowing that “johnny” can’t go around the fence and expose my kids to some things on the ‘dark-side of the Internet’ just yet is a good feeling. - Thanks
posted on August 21st, 2007 at 10:54 am
Peter R.
Score another one for the good guys. Some days it seems that keeping our children shielded from the Internet’s scum is an exercise in futility but your tools give us a chance.
Now if only our children’s friends’ parents could be so enlightened.
posted on August 21st, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Andy
Amazing!
Since blocking adult sites (and social networking sites) I’ve seen the use of proxies skyrocket. Now I don’t have to manually block these everytime someone finds a new one.
Keep up the great work.
posted on August 22nd, 2007 at 3:39 am
OpenDNS User
Cool. One downfall of the blocking used to be the easy ability to get past it. Now its a lot harder; though still not impossible. Congrats on making OpenDNS one of the best services on the web. Keep doing what you’re doing. Almost at 300,000,000,000 requests. Less than 6,000,000,000 more to go. Itll get there in no time.
posted on August 22nd, 2007 at 5:12 am
Will
Wow, now I will use this option for real. Never bothered since everyone here at work and easily get around it. This should stop most of them.
posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
bjohns
Excellent. This will keep the adult kiddies from wasting company resources (and possible legal fees).
People will learn to respect the netadmin’s regime!
posted on August 24th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Juan
This is awesome, navigation really improved, this guys are no joking.
posted on August 27th, 2007 at 8:35 am
Xizer
Shouldn’t someone who is smart enough to use a proxy just be allowed to browse the net uncensored?
Also, good luck blocking them all. I personally use a secret, password-protected one on my own webhost for usage at both school and work.
posted on August 29th, 2007 at 4:15 am
David Ulevitch
Xizer: Yeah, you are probably right. Oh, and I used to do that too, back when I was in high school.
posted on September 5th, 2007 at 7:32 am
Brian
This service is fantastic!! Thank you for making my job just a little bit easier!
posted on September 26th, 2007 at 5:55 am
Bradley Amm
How About A P2P Site Blocking One Next. Its the next logical step. Would stop kids at school checking out P2P Sites waiting to see if Heros2×01.avi.torrent is out yet.
posted on October 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 am
Rogério
This service is great!! Thank you, but as Bradley Amm said “How About A P2P Site Blocking One Next” that will be the ultimate fantastic step….and that will really turn my job easier. Thanks again.
posted on December 8th, 2007 at 4:07 pm