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> They had the option to pay us or switch to Google Public DNS. Do you mean to switch away from Google Public DNS? > Guess which they did? How much did it co

• sciurus 15y ago
  No, he meant they had the option to start paying OpenDNS or to switch from it to Google Public DNS.
• wisty 15y ago
  No, he's talking about a different DNS - OpenDNS. It's a confusing thread - the top comment is by a guy running OpenDNS. OpenDNS is a DNS service which resolves typos, blocks typo fishers, and sends empty pages to an OpenDNS ad page. They also have a bunch of options and controls, letting you block some sites (useful for employers, schools, and parents). It sounds kind of sleazy (redirecting "no record" to an ad seems a little off to me), but the guys running it are apparently not. The prejudice against redirects to ad pages is more a result of ISPs who take your money and still give you ads, unlike OpenDNS which is free.
  • dorianj 15y ago
    Further, on OpenDNS, you can disable these ads if you so choose.
  • jemfinch 15y ago
    > It sounds kind of sleazy (redirecting "no record" to an ad seems a little off to me) It doesn't just seem off. It is off: it's a major violation and a large part of why I don't use OpenDNS. When a name doesn't resolve, I want to see my browser's page for a DNS failure. I don't want to see ads.
    • wisty 15y ago
      It's a free service. Unless your company forces it to use it, OpenDNS is opt-in. As I said, it makes people mad because ISPs effectively force you to use their DNS, and some use it to serve ads. Nobody complains about Google serving ads on their pages, but if your ISP inserted ads through some kind of MITM, it would make people pretty angry.