[dns-operations] After Google Mail, Google Docs, Google Wave... Google DNS

[Olafur Gudmundsson]

At 18:05 03/12/2009, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:22:27PM -0600,
>  Jorge Amodio <jmamodio at gmail.com> wrote
>  a message of 23 lines which said:
>
> > > 
> http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-public-dns-new-dns.html
> >
> > at least they are honest ...
>
>Yes, and that's what I find interesting. A big nail in the coffin of
>OpenDNS :-)

FWIW your comment is not fair,
Google DNS focus seems to be on speed and correctness only.

OpenDNS provides additional services that some/many find valuable.

OpenDNS allows all customers to "restrict" access to unwanted sites.
OpenDNS tries real hard to protect its customers from reaching malware
injection sites.
OpenDNS pays for its operation by injecting ads when customers try
to access non-existent/blocked sites. AFICT paid customers
do not see the ad pages.
OpenDNS is an opt-in system and you have go out of your way to
use it.

In the US it is quite common for school systems to have open
network that allows access to certain set/types of sites. Last
spring I spent a day at a middle school that used OpenDNS to
restrict the sites visible/accessible, but I found it easy
to just type in my IP address to read email.

Disclaimer: I have no relationship with OpenDNS,
but I recommend it to technically naive  people that want to
provide a "walled Internet" for their children,
like block social networks, dating, porn, etc.

         Olafur