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Dyn Internet Guide for URL filtering?
are any of you guys using Dyn Internet Guide for DNS filtering? i am trying to set it up but some forums mentioned i need to pay for a service before i can use the Dyn Internet Guide service
And according to this, that service was discontinued last year: https://www.dyncommunity.c om/questio ns/43763/d yn-interne t-guide.ht ml
If you really want to use a service along these lines, you could do with something more along the lines of Cisco Umbrella (I'm assuming this is for a business) or DNSFilter.
If you really want to use a service along these lines, you could do with something more along the lines of Cisco Umbrella (I'm assuming this is for a business) or DNSFilter.
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thanks i have currently openDNS but they don't do URL filtering and i am a bit confused to be honest how Cisco Umbrella fits into OpenDNS since Cisco bought openDNS i think
Simplest way to put it is business vs. home. OpenDNS is the home offering, while Umbrella is the business offering. How exactly do you have it set up right now?
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right now i have it on openDNS - do i need to convert it to a cisco umbrella account, will cisco umbrella offer URL filtering
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under account type in OpenDNS it says LargeOrganzation
Umbrella certainly does do URL filtering. Even OpenDNS Home plan offers some level of filtering. The question becomes what type of environment are you using it in and exactly what you want to do.
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i am using it on a Business environment, i think i have OpenDNS Business plan but they don't offer URL filtering on the Business plan only Home Plan i think
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ok do you know if they will be able to transfer my openDNS account or will i have to create a new one
Honestly, I don't know. Cisco should be able to answer that though.
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ok thanks for all your help
There are many companies with lots of glitzy marketing which attempt to sell DNS related services.
Best to just use vanilla bind/named/dnsmasq following setup guides provided by each project... rather than turning over your DNS infrastructure to Oracle (shudder).