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It is true that if you use something, you should configure it. However, "Break the Internet" should not be an available option, especially not the default opti

by Apreche 17y ago

It is true that if you use something, you should configure it. However, "Break the Internet" should not be an available option, especially not the default option. Malware avoidance, spelling correction, etc. are all good things. However, DNS is not the right way to achieve these things. Also, these things assume that you're only using the web. Let's say I open my IRC client, and mistype the domain of the IRC server. Guess what? Now I'm trying to connect to OpenDNS ad server as if it were an IRC server instead of getting an error instantly. Don't screw around with DNS. Resolve the names, and that's it. If you need extra functionality, put it somewhere else, like the browser or the search engine or the OS.

GHFigs 17y ago
However, "Break the Internet" should not be an available option, especially not the default option. This has been the default behavior of every ISP I've had in the past 4 years. The one that allowed you to "opt-out" merely forwarded you to MSN Search instead. You say "don't screw around with DNS", but it is already as much a mess as every other part of the internet, and it will never be pristine again as along as there is a buck to be made.
- sahaj 17y ago
  This has been the default behavior of every ISP I've had in the past 4 years. this is exactly why the google DNS is something worth cheering over.
timdorr 17y ago
And that's fine, because OpenDNS doesn't fit in with how you want your DNS resolver to operate. Again, it's a choice you have to make to switch to it, so you're fine to continue using whatever resolver you choose. However, if you're like me and you enjoy the features that OpenDNS provides, then the choice to switch is easily made. If I would like to use OpenDNS for it's speed and still retain NXDOMAIN support, there is the option for me to do so (And admittedly, it's in an account section that should be more forward-facing). But I understand what the defaults are because I'm making the active choice. Don't insinuate that they hide these things away. NXDOMAINs are something that only advanced users would care about anyways, and you have to have a certain level of geekness to want to switch DNS resolvers anyways. So, give your fellow smarty-pants some credit!

by Apreche 17y ago

GHFigs 17y ago

However, "Break the Internet" should not be an available option, especially not the default option. This has been the default behavior of every ISP I've had in the past 4 years. The one that allowed you to "opt-out" merely forwarded you to MSN Search instead. You say "don't screw around with DNS", but it is already as much a mess as every other part of the internet, and it will never be pristine again as along as there is a buck to be made.

sahaj 17y ago
This has been the default behavior of every ISP I've had in the past 4 years. this is exactly why the google DNS is something worth cheering over.

timdorr 17y ago

And that's fine, because OpenDNS doesn't fit in with how you want your DNS resolver to operate. Again, it's a choice you have to make to switch to it, so you're fine to continue using whatever resolver you choose. However, if you're like me and you enjoy the features that OpenDNS provides, then the choice to switch is easily made. If I would like to use OpenDNS for it's speed and still retain NXDOMAIN support, there is the option for me to do so (And admittedly, it's in an account section that should be more forward-facing). But I understand what the defaults are because I'm making the active choice. Don't insinuate that they hide these things away. NXDOMAINs are something that only advanced users would care about anyways, and you have to have a certain level of geekness to want to switch DNS resolvers anyways. So, give your fellow smarty-pants some credit!