Comments on: SmartCache: the best reason yet to switch to OpenDNS http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/ Making the Internet safer and faster Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: King http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-327467 King Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:13:02 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-327467 Great Hope we have opendns here in the philippines or in japan or hongkong or china. Great Hope we have opendns here in the philippines or in japan or hongkong or china.

]]> By: Alexus http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-322969 Alexus Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:14:56 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-322969 OpenDNS is great ! i prefer it to everyone :-) but someplayers dont understand it because the cant english. can you translate this site to german,sspanish,turkish ... it would be great if you can ! OpenDNS is great !

i prefer it to everyone :-)

but someplayers dont understand it because the cant english.

can you translate this site to german,sspanish,turkish …
it would be great if you can !

]]> By: lastminute reizen http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-317738 lastminute reizen Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:42:38 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-317738 Great feature. Is this part of the RFC for DNS and how does is relate to negative cache? Great feature. Is this part of the RFC for DNS and how does is relate to negative cache?

]]> By: OpenDNS SmartCache | Security http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-317364 OpenDNS SmartCache | Security Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:38 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-317364 [...] OpenDNS blogged about a new feature called SmartCache [...] […] OpenDNS blogged about a new feature called SmartCache […]

]]> By: OpenDNS Blog » Introducing Best Path Networks http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-316486 OpenDNS Blog » Introducing Best Path Networks Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:33:09 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-316486 [...] more intelligent, provided you a better DNS than that from your ISP and delivered innovations like SmartCache and Conficker protection. In short – as a company and as a community we’ve built something [...] […] more intelligent, provided you a better DNS than that from your ISP and delivered innovations like SmartCache and Conficker protection. In short – as a company and as a community we’ve built something […]

]]> By: Matthew Elvey http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-315010 Matthew Elvey Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:05:40 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-315010 @Joseph: Cool. Of course, be sure to determine what the problem is and whether you need to do anything, as most folks don't use OpenDNS, and the site remains down for them when SmartCache keeps it up for you. I'm curious what the problem was; is GoDaddy's DNS still unreliable? I did read that their DNS servers were down for a while back on Sunday, March 11, 2007, because GoDaddy did not address problems resulting from the new Daylight Saving Time scheme even though customer complaints about the un-fixed problem were noted by executives who said they'd been addressed. They still haven't learned a lesson? @Joseph: Cool. Of course, be sure to determine what the problem is and whether you need to do anything, as most folks don’t use OpenDNS, and the site remains down for them when SmartCache keeps it up for you.

I’m curious what the problem was; is GoDaddy’s DNS still unreliable? I did read that their DNS servers were down for a while back on Sunday, March 11, 2007, because GoDaddy did not address problems resulting from the new Daylight Saving Time scheme even though customer complaints about the un-fixed problem were noted by executives who said they’d been addressed. They still haven’t learned a lesson?

]]> By: Joe Sniderman http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-314805 Joe Sniderman Sun, 31 May 2009 19:35:57 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-314805 Ok, this I definitely like the sound of. For a long while I was running my own nameserver in my living room, due to my ISP's nameservers being less than reliable. I had it set up to use the root servers and then recrusively resolve the lookups. This worked great, except for in the types of situations smartcache addresses: SERVFAIL on the authoritative servers. ( which seems to happen more often than i would like ) While it would technically be possible to impliment something similar at home, it would be pointless to do so. Since I am the only user here, any domain I myself hadn't looked up recently wouldn't be cached. With OpenDNS, everyone benifits from everyone else's usage. For now, I'm using OpenDNS.. What I may do later is have my nameserver in the livingroom, but set OpenDNS nameservers as the forwarders. To be fully honest I'm not a big fan of the 'Guide' page and whatnot (personally i would rather just get NXDOMAIN if the domain really doesn't exist), but at this point the pro's outweigh the cons. Ok, this I definitely like the sound of.

For a long while I was running my own nameserver in my living room, due to my ISP’s nameservers being less than reliable. I had it set up to use the root servers and then recrusively resolve the lookups. This worked great, except for in the types of situations smartcache addresses: SERVFAIL on the authoritative servers. ( which seems to happen more often than i would like )

While it would technically be possible to impliment something similar at home, it would be pointless to do so. Since I am the only user here, any domain I myself hadn’t looked up recently wouldn’t be cached. With OpenDNS, everyone benifits from everyone else’s usage.

For now, I’m using OpenDNS.. What I may do later is have my nameserver in the livingroom, but set OpenDNS nameservers as the forwarders.

To be fully honest I’m not a big fan of the ‘Guide’ page and whatnot (personally i would rather just get NXDOMAIN if the domain really doesn’t exist), but at this point the pro’s outweigh the cons.

]]> By: Slow Browsing on 1mbps Connection - Broadband Forum India http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-313842 Slow Browsing on 1mbps Connection - Broadband Forum India Tue, 26 May 2009 06:22:16 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-313842 [...] be related to this thread. Yet pages load faster with the OpenDNSs. open dns uses smartcache OpenDNS Blog SmartCache: the best reason yet to switch to OpenDNS [...] […] be related to this thread. Yet pages load faster with the OpenDNSs. open dns uses smartcache OpenDNS Blog SmartCache: the best reason yet to switch to OpenDNS […]

]]> By: John Hilla http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-313339 John Hilla Sat, 23 May 2009 21:31:48 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-313339 Road Runner DNS servers went down yesterday preventing Facebook applications like FarmTown from working. I was suggested to make the switch and everything is restored. Thank you. Road Runner DNS servers went down yesterday preventing Facebook applications like FarmTown from working. I was suggested to make the switch and everything is restored. Thank you.

]]> By: Matthew Elvey http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-313160 Matthew Elvey Fri, 22 May 2009 17:14:42 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/04/24/smartcache-the-best-reason-yet-to-switch-to-opendns/#comment-313160 @ Mark: Yes, you can. The site's log searching/viewing tool has an option to just show SmartCache hits. I ran a search. No usage yet. @ Mark: Yes, you can. The site’s log searching/viewing tool has an option to just show SmartCache hits. I ran a search. No usage yet.

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