Is there any alternative to OpenDNS?

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Is there any alternative to OpenDNS? Do you know of any service that is similar to OpenDNS?

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 14 '19 at 20:34

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Google Public DNS

edited Apr 14 '19 at 20:34

Glorfindel

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answered Dec 08 '09 at 11:19

Paul Rowland

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score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '09 at 11:37

It depends which features of OpenDNS you use - if you want the extra filtering and other such your options may be more limited. Also, telling us why you are looking for alternatives (nxdomain handling? reliability problems? just curious?) would help in getting good answers.

Google have recent started a public DNS service, as stated by Paul's response, which may suit your needs.

If you run your own servers or virtual servers then you could also run your own private DNS service, but as this question is on SO not SF I'm guessing you are a home user rather than a server/IT admin so that would probably be massively over-kill for you!

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 08 '09 at 12:05

Many people have good speeds with Level 3's DNS.

That's 4.2.2.1 to 4.2.2.6, so very easy to remember.

Google have a good new DNS service, at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, so ALSO easy to remember.

UltraDNS is very similar to OpenDNS, in that it tries to provide a little more control, but I've never used it, and it doesn't appear to be free.

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 20 '10 at 04:42

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ClearCloud DNS is a new beta kid on the block.

Good at malware alerts. Advertises on the twit network. If used with OpenDNS, you may see warnings.

edited Aug 20 '10 at 04:42

random

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answered Aug 18 '10 at 17:16

jamescash

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 14 '19 at 20:32

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DNS Redirector has been available 3 years prior to OpenDNS, in some cases you may benefit from OpenDNS, but in some cases your ISP's DNS servers will be faster.

Use this tool to determine which DNS service is the fastest for you, then implement DNS redirector software for filtering and control.

edited Apr 14 '19 at 20:32

Glorfindel

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answered Jul 28 '11 at 00:58

JPElectron

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 08 '09 at 11:32

Well, I've been playing with DNSadvantage tonight. It does the worst job of resolving bad url's than anything I have ever seen, but browsing is faster than a scalded hound! I'll stick with it for the time being because of the performance improvement over OpenDNS, but I still want something better

Is there any alternative to OpenDNS?

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