OpenDNS vs. Conficker

Another reason why I love using OpenDNS on my home network. If you aren’t using OpenDNS, now would be a good time to start.

As your DNS provider of choice, we’re in a unique and advantageous position to help keep our users safe. OpenDNS has kept our users safe from Conficker for the past several months by blocking the domains it uses to phone home. (We’ve seen lots of you start using our service to protect your networks from the worm.)

[SOURCE: OpenDNS Blog & Lifehacker]

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This entry was posted by Jason on April 1, 2009 at 11:51 am, and is filed under Tech. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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