Posted by koltz 648 days ago
Category: General
It would be great if somehow we could setup a local server based off of OpenDNS or even a local variation of OpenDNS. I know OpenDNS probably has a ton of proprietary code in it, but being able to setup a local server instead of having the traffic go out on the Internet for the different DNS requests would save a ton of traffic for OpenDNS and us. Or even centralized servers.
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written by harcomas 647 days ago - show/hide this comment Rating: -10 | Rate Comment: + -

written by brittain 643 days ago Rating: 3 | Rate Comment: + -

I am not sure if it would work since OpenDNS uses anycast and BGP protocol to communicate between the several servers running 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 around the entire world.

It demands not only a huge datacenter installed in every single node, but also an almost unlimited traffic.

The hope is getting more and more OpenDNS' servers. As far I am aware, the next one is Chicago (USA), followed next by one in HK (China).

written by Lee Jones 637 days ago Rating: 11 | Rate Comment: + -

If you use a local DNS server that forwards to OpenDNS, and cache your DNS queries, would that be sufficient?

written by s-c-i 629 days ago Rating: 2 | Rate Comment: + -

your browsers local cache does this for you. running a DNS server is not a trivial undertaking.

written by crackerjackmack 625 days ago Rating: 3 | Rate Comment: + -

Setting up a DNS server is trivial work. The ideal solution is to use a forward-only caching server (BIND,PowerDNS, dnscachex, etc) all have this functionality and would be easy to implement into any network. OpenDNS uses standard DNS protocols and works just fine with caching servers. (Been using it that way for about 4 months now)

I can not vote for this since it's is asking for something that already exists.

written by pencoyd STAFF 612 days ago Rating: 2 | Rate Comment: + -

This is unlikely in the short/medium term, at least, because the "magic" is in the combination of the software + the network, and local installations wouldn't be manageable as part of the larger OpenDNS fabric without notable effort. And you get the benefits of OpenDNS without managing the software or hardware, and you _always_ need to point elsewhere for external queries.

Most midsize or larger networks run their own DNS server for internal zone management and then point to OpenDNS for external queries, instead of the ISP/upstream or roots.

written by rospot 604 days ago Rating: 1 | Rate Comment: + -

Some features could be implemented in the "OpenDNS client".

The shortcuts could be one, a DNS proxy could be another.

A local client could open up other features.

written by rospot 604 days ago - show/hide this comment Rating: -1 | Rate Comment: + -

written by OpenDNSrocks 510 days ago Rating: 1 | Rate Comment: + -

i dearly loved my ipcop and urlfilter add-on. however, i like not having the extra box and maintenance... i now have excellent filtering and only wish i could force "&safe=strict" in google.

written by raspyyeti 466 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

gaming, media, and peer to peer would have the biggist hit on dns

written by chris122380 416 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Would be nice to add your server to existing opendns servers.

written by genius2999 331 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Well, look at the amount of DNS queries OpenDNS get's every day (about 8 billion at publication), OpenDNS has network topography and servers that allow it to handle this amount of traffic. If you want to do this, use an internal DNS server, and cache OpenDNS results :)

written by nyle 250 days ago Rating: 1 | Rate Comment: + -

Um, isn't this the same as setting up a caching only DNS server? Just install Linux with named and set it to only point to OpenDNS for its authorative DNS queries.

Then point all your machines at that Linux box.

written by mghong 66 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Good idea you having., additional box might not be good for people who is using a Free DNS.

written by pycad 10 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Well, with local DNS server you can provide a secured DNS uplink which government and other agencies cannot inject DNS response or block your DNS request. I am more interested having a SSL connection to OpenDNS and then serve the queries locally with the plain old insecure UDP/TCP DNS.


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