Author: Isaac Close Date: To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] OpenDNS benefits
--- On Fri, 16/4/10, Vic <lug@???> wrote:
>
> > The main downside of OpenDNS (and many similar
> services) is that
> > nonexistent domains resolve to one of their ad
> servers.
>
> You can turn that off - but IMO, you shouldn't have to.
>
I stopped using openDNS just over a year ago because they began throwing adds at me even for valid domains such as 'google' and 'ebay' etc.
> But we're all Linux geeks here - why not just run your own
> resolver? It's
> dead easy, and is the single biggest improvement to web
> browsing I've
> made.
