Comments on: OpenDNS Deluxe and OpenDNS Enterprise have arrived. http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/ Making the Internet safer and faster Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Urquhart-Webb http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-330951 Mark Urquhart-Webb Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:08:44 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-330951 I think a valuable option would be time controls in the dashboard - so to stop my son using mySpace after 10pm and for companies to allow 'free' web browsing at lunchtimes or outside normal work hours. Also, being able to configure access on individual PC's on a LAN would be great - lock down my daughter's computer so she doesn't get any creepy stuff, but don't freak out when I want to see adult-themed sites. One rule don't fit all! I think a valuable option would be time controls in the dashboard – so to stop my son using mySpace after 10pm and for companies to allow ‘free’ web browsing at lunchtimes or outside normal work hours.

Also, being able to configure access on individual PC’s on a LAN would be great – lock down my daughter’s computer so she doesn’t get any creepy stuff, but don’t freak out when I want to see adult-themed sites. One rule don’t fit all!

]]> By: troy http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-330583 troy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:29:59 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-330583 A great feature that would be helpful to parents would be for the deluxe (and or free) version to also included daily or weekly email reports on blocked sites. A great feature that would be helpful to parents would be for the deluxe (and or free) version to also included daily or weekly email reports on blocked sites.

]]> By: Roger http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-330514 Roger Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:18:56 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-330514 Great Service, especially for non-profits. We could not afford the standard content filtering solutions implemented by many organization. We are a small church. Even thou small, we are still interested in the Enterprise Edition due to the new "maleware site protection" feature. There are only volunteers supporting the computer system, so this would provide another level of protection. However, the price of $5/user is quite expensive for an office with 20 workstations, which I assume equates to 20 users. Could you offer a signficant discount to non-profits in order for them to take advantage of the new "maleware site protection feature"? Thanks, Roger Great Service, especially for non-profits. We could not afford the standard content filtering solutions implemented by many organization.

We are a small church. Even thou small, we are still interested in the Enterprise Edition due to the new “maleware site protection” feature. There are only volunteers supporting the computer system, so this would provide another level of protection.

However, the price of $5/user is quite expensive for an office with 20 workstations, which I assume equates to 20 users.

Could you offer a signficant discount to non-profits in order for them to take advantage of the new “maleware site protection feature”?

Thanks,
Roger

]]> By: Alexander http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328779 Alexander Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:54:35 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328779 Sorry guys -- I spoke to soon, I´m glad to say that OpenDNS has not deleted my Comments but are a bit behind on moderation, that said, I would like to extend my apologies to OpenDNS for my outburst, OpenDNS has, is and always will be my preferred DNS, I´m happy to say that all my doubts have been cleard up an I will be moving from basic to OPENDNS Deluxe service for my Home network as soon as I get back Home. Sorry guys — I spoke to soon, I´m glad to say that OpenDNS has not deleted my Comments but are a bit behind on moderation, that said, I would like to extend my apologies to OpenDNS for my outburst, OpenDNS has, is and always will be my preferred DNS, I´m happy to say that all my doubts have been cleard up an I will be moving from basic to OPENDNS Deluxe service for my Home network as soon as I get back Home.

]]> By: Kris http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328306 Kris Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:06:18 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328306 I'll just get to the point: As a home user, I would buy the deluxe service *if* it included malware protection. For home users, malware protection would be one of the most important factors in deciding whether to fork out for OpenDNS Deluxe. I would also like to know whether any malware-related domain names had been hit so that I can immediately check PCs for signs of an infection, so email alerts would also be useful. I do not mind paying more than $10 or $20 per year for the first and perhaps second of the above features, assuming that it can protect the three family members on different internet connections for whom I'm the designated on-call geek, but I certainly cannot afford $2,000 per year. I’ll just get to the point: As a home user, I would buy the deluxe service *if* it included malware protection. For home users, malware protection would be one of the most important factors in deciding whether to fork out for OpenDNS Deluxe.

I would also like to know whether any malware-related domain names had been hit so that I can immediately check PCs for signs of an infection, so email alerts would also be useful.

I do not mind paying more than $10 or $20 per year for the first and perhaps second of the above features, assuming that it can protect the three family members on different internet connections for whom I’m the designated on-call geek, but I certainly cannot afford $2,000 per year.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328234 Mark Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:55:29 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328234 When is the block page bypass feature going to be ready? When is the block page bypass feature going to be ready?

]]> By: Matthew http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328225 Matthew Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:58:03 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328225 Will the Enterprise version be able to hook into a user directory such as LDAP, Active Directory, or NTLM? Would I be able to block sites based on specific users or groups? Granular policy control is standard fare for pretty much all of the appliances out there and would be a deal breaker for me if OpenDNS could not provide it. We currently use a Barracuda Web Filter for about 250 users at a single site. It cost about $1800 with yearly maintenance of about $500 and works very well. The $2000 per year cost seems a little steep to me for a single site company, especially if it lacks some basic enterprise web filtering features. Will the Enterprise version be able to hook into a user directory such as LDAP, Active Directory, or NTLM?

Would I be able to block sites based on specific users or groups?

Granular policy control is standard fare for pretty much all of the appliances out there and would be a deal breaker for me if OpenDNS could not provide it.

We currently use a Barracuda Web Filter for about 250 users at a single site. It cost about $1800 with yearly maintenance of about $500 and works very well. The $2000 per year cost seems a little steep to me for a single site company, especially if it lacks some basic enterprise web filtering features.

]]> By: David Ulevitch, Founder http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328077 David Ulevitch, Founder Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:49:44 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328077 Sorry guys -- I didn't see all the comments about "What is a user?" until now. For the time being, a user is someone using OpenDNS -- Not just the people who administer it. If you have an office with 30 people on computers, that's 30 users. If you have an office with 10 people on computers, but 50 people in a warehouse, it's only 10 users as far as OpenDNS cares. For those that want pricing based on volume, we thought that'd be too complicated since most people don't know what their volume would be when they sign up. But we're still evaluating that. Sorry guys — I didn’t see all the comments about “What is a user?” until now.

For the time being, a user is someone using OpenDNS — Not just the people who administer it. If you have an office with 30 people on computers, that’s 30 users. If you have an office with 10 people on computers, but 50 people in a warehouse, it’s only 10 users as far as OpenDNS cares.

For those that want pricing based on volume, we thought that’d be too complicated since most people don’t know what their volume would be when they sign up. But we’re still evaluating that.

]]> By: Mark Urquhart-Webb http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328075 Mark Urquhart-Webb Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:29:36 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328075 This looks like a nice offering and well priced, especially for the family level. I've been pushing openDNS for a long time and it's never been easy convincing people that a free service can help them avoid scams AND control the sites that their kids, employees, grannies etc. see, but now that you have premium options, that may well help your 'trustability'. I sincerely hope you will be bringing out an affiliate scheme soon? Any plans to do Dynamic DNS as well? I would think that'd be an easy fit for your technology and another money spinner! Good luck anyway! This looks like a nice offering and well priced, especially for the family level.

I’ve been pushing openDNS for a long time and it’s never been easy convincing people that a free service can help them avoid scams AND control the sites that their kids, employees, grannies etc. see, but now that you have premium options, that may well help your ‘trustability’.

I sincerely hope you will be bringing out an affiliate scheme soon?

Any plans to do Dynamic DNS as well? I would think that’d be an easy fit for your technology and another money spinner!

Good luck anyway!

]]> By: Allison Rhodes http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328054 Allison Rhodes Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:44:45 +0000 http://blog.opendns.com/2009/10/21/opendns-deluxe-and-opendns-enterprise-have-arrived/#comment-328054 @ Mat - There's special pricing for schools. I recommend contacting sales. -Allison @ Mat – There’s special pricing for schools. I recommend contacting sales.

-Allison

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