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http://thepiratebay.org/blog/123 or http://labaia.org/blog/123 for people in Italy

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(I sure hope they don't sue me for copyright infringement)

Fascist state censors Pirate Bay

We're quite used to fascist countries not allowing freedom of speech. A lot of smaller nations that have dictators decide to block our site since we can help spread information that could be harmful to the dictators.

This time it's Italy. They suffer from a really bad background as one of the IFPIs was formed in Italy during the fascist years and now they have a fascist leader in the country, Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi is also the most powerful person in Italian media owning a lot of companies that compete with The Pirate Bay and he would like to stay that way - so one of his lackeys, Giancarlo Mancusi, ordered a shutdown of our domain name and IP in Italy to make it hard to not support Berlusconis empire.

We have had fights previously in Italy, recently with our successful art installation where we had to storm Fortezza in order to get our art done. And as usual, we won. We will also win this time.

We have already changed IP for the website - that makes it work for half the ISPs again. And we want you all to inform your italian friends to switch their DNS to OpenDNS so they can bypass their ISPs filters. This will also let them bypass the other filters installed by the Italian government, as a bonus. And for the meanwhile - http://labaia.org works (La Baia means The Bay in Italian).

And please, everybody should also contact their ISP and tell them that this is not OK and that the ISPs should appeal. We don't want a censored internet! And the war starts here...

Unless someone already hacked your DNS server and are serving you a fake OpenDNS page that points to their own server...

Good point. Try this: https://www.opendns.com/. If your browser doesn't complain about a mis-matched certificate, then either you're going to the OpenDNS servers, or whoever's hacked your upstream DNS server has either hacked your list of trusted root CA certificates, or has hacked Thawte's private key. If either of those latter is true, you're pretty much screwed, DNS flaw or not.

Can't you use other DNS' that are patched like OpenDNS'?

I had been using OpenDNS. I stopped when I realized they were monitoring my traffic. When I go to Google, they were returning their own Google-like page, to which my browser would submit the query, and then redirect me to Google.

I stopped using them after that discovery.

Your claim that OpenDNS is "monitoring your traffic" is misleading.

If you ping www.google.com it pings google.navigation.opendns.com (208.67.219.231). You still get the standard Google homepage and search results when you go to http://www.google.com/ however. The odd DNS resolution for www.google.com is apparently because some software such as the Google Toolbar bypasses DNS requests, which breaks some of OpenDNS's features. (More on this below.) One apparent advantage of OpenDNS doing this is that it help users avoid Dell affiliate adware so that affected Dell systems will get actual search results instead of a page full of Dell's affiliate ads.

But guess what? It's trivial to turn this feature off if you don't like it. Just go to https://www.opendns.com/dashboard/settings/ and sign in if necessary. Click on Advanced Settings. Scroll down and uncheck Enable OpenDNS proxy, then click Apply. Wait a few minutes, or try running "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command line if you're using Windows, or restart your computer, and then your settings should take effect. The downside to disabling the proxy is that it will break some of OpenDNS's features.

From an OpenDNS support article:

Is OpenDNS running a proxy?
Yes. Some software, including your (and our) beloved Google Toolbar, intercepts requests made via the address bar so that DNS requests never occur. This creates some usability issues, including making shortcuts - which require DNS requests to be made from the address bar - unreliable. We've designed a simple proxy that ensures the best of Google and OpenDNS work without causing problems.

When enabled, we route certain requests to a simple proxy which checks for the origin of the request. Shortcut-related traffic gets handled (and redirected) while all other traffic goes to the intended destination untouched. We are not storing or mining any of the data that passes through the proxy. The proxy does nothing malicious - it's designed to make your shortcuts work seamlessly with the Google Toolbar and similar services, giving you the best of both worlds.

Like all OpenDNS services, the proxy is respectful of your privacy. We do not track any of the searches made through the proxy. In fact, since so many people use Google we automatically rotate and delete the logs frequently. We do not store any of those logs, nor do we perform any non-operational-related analysis of the traffic sent through the proxy at any time. Protecting your privacy and delivering a fantastic navigational experience will always be two of our main goals at OpenDNS. We believe that this solution provides just that, and continues our tradition of innovative services that make your Internet experience with OpenDNS faster, safer and more reliable.

Ultimately, this proxy serves to enhance the OpenDNS experience and we recommend you leave it enabled.

Also, from the OpenDNS FAQ regarding the workaround for Dell adware:

Will this make Google slower?
No. We are doing this URL redirection on all of our servers in all of our locations. Loading Google should take no longer than it took before we made this change. Also, all of Google's other domains like like gmail.com and even subdomains like reader.google.com still work as they did before. We don't re-route any of those.

Are you tracking or keeping a log of my searches?
No way. Absolutely not.

I had been using OpenDNS. I stopped when I realized they were monitoring my traffic. When I go to Google, they were returning their own Google-like page, to which my browser would submit the query, and then redirect me to Google.

I stopped using them after that discovery.

Your claim that OpenDNS is "monitoring your traffic" is misleading.

If you ping www.google.com it pings google.navigation.opendns.com (208.67.219.231). You still get the standard Google homepage and search results when you go to http://www.google.com/ however. The odd DNS resolution for www.google.com is apparently because some software such as the Google Toolbar bypasses DNS requests, which breaks some of OpenDNS's features. (More on this below.) One apparent advantage of OpenDNS doing this is that it help users avoid Dell affiliate adware so that affected Dell systems will get actual search results instead of a page full of Dell's affiliate ads.

But guess what? It's trivial to turn this feature off if you don't like it. Just go to https://www.opendns.com/dashboard/settings/ and sign in if necessary. Click on Advanced Settings. Scroll down and uncheck Enable OpenDNS proxy, then click Apply. Wait a few minutes, or try running "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command line if you're using Windows, or restart your computer, and then your settings should take effect. The downside to disabling the proxy is that it will break some of OpenDNS's features.

From an OpenDNS support article:

Is OpenDNS running a proxy?
Yes. Some software, including your (and our) beloved Google Toolbar, intercepts requests made via the address bar so that DNS requests never occur. This creates some usability issues, including making shortcuts - which require DNS requests to be made from the address bar - unreliable. We've designed a simple proxy that ensures the best of Google and OpenDNS work without causing problems.

When enabled, we route certain requests to a simple proxy which checks for the origin of the request. Shortcut-related traffic gets handled (and redirected) while all other traffic goes to the intended destination untouched. We are not storing or mining any of the data that passes through the proxy. The proxy does nothing malicious - it's designed to make your shortcuts work seamlessly with the Google Toolbar and similar services, giving you the best of both worlds.

Like all OpenDNS services, the proxy is respectful of your privacy. We do not track any of the searches made through the proxy. In fact, since so many people use Google we automatically rotate and delete the logs frequently. We do not store any of those logs, nor do we perform any non-operational-related analysis of the traffic sent through the proxy at any time. Protecting your privacy and delivering a fantastic navigational experience will always be two of our main goals at OpenDNS. We believe that this solution provides just that, and continues our tradition of innovative services that make your Internet experience with OpenDNS faster, safer and more reliable.

Ultimately, this proxy serves to enhance the OpenDNS experience and we recommend you leave it enabled.

Also, from the OpenDNS FAQ regarding the workaround for Dell adware:

Will this make Google slower?
No. We are doing this URL redirection on all of our servers in all of our locations. Loading Google should take no longer than it took before we made this change. Also, all of Google's other domains like like gmail.com and even subdomains like reader.google.com still work as they did before. We don't re-route any of those.

Are you tracking or keeping a log of my searches?
No way. Absolutely not.

I had been using OpenDNS. I stopped when I realized they were monitoring my traffic. When I go to Google, they were returning their own Google-like page, to which my browser would submit the query, and then redirect me to Google.

I stopped using them after that discovery.

Your claim that OpenDNS is "monitoring your traffic" is misleading.

If you ping www.google.com it pings google.navigation.opendns.com (208.67.219.231). You still get the standard Google homepage and search results when you go to http://www.google.com/ however. The odd DNS resolution for www.google.com is apparently because some software such as the Google Toolbar bypasses DNS requests, which breaks some of OpenDNS's features. (More on this below.) One apparent advantage of OpenDNS doing this is that it help users avoid Dell affiliate adware so that affected Dell systems will get actual search results instead of a page full of Dell's affiliate ads.

But guess what? It's trivial to turn this feature off if you don't like it. Just go to https://www.opendns.com/dashboard/settings/ and sign in if necessary. Click on Advanced Settings. Scroll down and uncheck Enable OpenDNS proxy, then click Apply. Wait a few minutes, or try running "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command line if you're using Windows, or restart your computer, and then your settings should take effect. The downside to disabling the proxy is that it will break some of OpenDNS's features.

From an OpenDNS support article:

Is OpenDNS running a proxy?
Yes. Some software, including your (and our) beloved Google Toolbar, intercepts requests made via the address bar so that DNS requests never occur. This creates some usability issues, including making shortcuts - which require DNS requests to be made from the address bar - unreliable. We've designed a simple proxy that ensures the best of Google and OpenDNS work without causing problems.

When enabled, we route certain requests to a simple proxy which checks for the origin of the request. Shortcut-related traffic gets handled (and redirected) while all other traffic goes to the intended destination untouched. We are not storing or mining any of the data that passes through the proxy. The proxy does nothing malicious - it's designed to make your shortcuts work seamlessly with the Google Toolbar and similar services, giving you the best of both worlds.

Like all OpenDNS services, the proxy is respectful of your privacy. We do not track any of the searches made through the proxy. In fact, since so many people use Google we automatically rotate and delete the logs frequently. We do not store any of those logs, nor do we perform any non-operational-related analysis of the traffic sent through the proxy at any time. Protecting your privacy and delivering a fantastic navigational experience will always be two of our main goals at OpenDNS. We believe that this solution provides just that, and continues our tradition of innovative services that make your Internet experience with OpenDNS faster, safer and more reliable.

Ultimately, this proxy serves to enhance the OpenDNS experience and we recommend you leave it enabled.

Also, from the OpenDNS FAQ regarding the workaround for Dell adware:

Will this make Google slower?
No. We are doing this URL redirection on all of our servers in all of our locations. Loading Google should take no longer than it took before we made this change. Also, all of Google's other domains like like gmail.com and even subdomains like reader.google.com still work as they did before. We don't re-route any of those.

Are you tracking or keeping a log of my searches?
No way. Absolutely not.

I had been using OpenDNS. I stopped when I realized they were monitoring my traffic. When I go to Google, they were returning their own Google-like page, to which my browser would submit the query, and then redirect me to Google.

I stopped using them after that discovery.

Your claim that OpenDNS is "monitoring your traffic" is misleading.

If you ping www.google.com it pings google.navigation.opendns.com (208.67.219.231). You still get the standard Google homepage and search results when you go to http://www.google.com/ however. The odd DNS resolution for www.google.com is apparently because some software such as the Google Toolbar bypasses DNS requests, which breaks some of OpenDNS's features. (More on this below.) One apparent advantage of OpenDNS doing this is that it help users avoid Dell affiliate adware so that affected Dell systems will get actual search results instead of a page full of Dell's affiliate ads.

But guess what? It's trivial to turn this feature off if you don't like it. Just go to https://www.opendns.com/dashboard/settings/ and sign in if necessary. Click on Advanced Settings. Scroll down and uncheck Enable OpenDNS proxy, then click Apply. Wait a few minutes, or try running "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command line if you're using Windows, or restart your computer, and then your settings should take effect. The downside to disabling the proxy is that it will break some of OpenDNS's features.

From an OpenDNS support article:

Is OpenDNS running a proxy?
Yes. Some software, including your (and our) beloved Google Toolbar, intercepts requests made via the address bar so that DNS requests never occur. This creates some usability issues, including making shortcuts - which require DNS requests to be made from the address bar - unreliable. We've designed a simple proxy that ensures the best of Google and OpenDNS work without causing problems.

When enabled, we route certain requests to a simple proxy which checks for the origin of the request. Shortcut-related traffic gets handled (and redirected) while all other traffic goes to the intended destination untouched. We are not storing or mining any of the data that passes through the proxy. The proxy does nothing malicious - it's designed to make your shortcuts work seamlessly with the Google Toolbar and similar services, giving you the best of both worlds.

Like all OpenDNS services, the proxy is respectful of your privacy. We do not track any of the searches made through the proxy. In fact, since so many people use Google we automatically rotate and delete the logs frequently. We do not store any of those logs, nor do we perform any non-operational-related analysis of the traffic sent through the proxy at any time. Protecting your privacy and delivering a fantastic navigational experience will always be two of our main goals at OpenDNS. We believe that this solution provides just that, and continues our tradition of innovative services that make your Internet experience with OpenDNS faster, safer and more reliable.

Ultimately, this proxy serves to enhance the OpenDNS experience and we recommend you leave it enabled.

Also, from the OpenDNS FAQ regarding the workaround for Dell adware:

Will this make Google slower?
No. We are doing this URL redirection on all of our servers in all of our locations. Loading Google should take no longer than it took before we made this change. Also, all of Google's other domains like like gmail.com and even subdomains like reader.google.com still work as they did before. We don't re-route any of those.

Are you tracking or keeping a log of my searches?
No way. Absolutely not. We don't keep cop

I had been using OpenDNS. I stopped when I realized they were monitoring my traffic. When I go to Google, they were returning their own Google-like page, to which my browser would submit the query, and then redirect me to Google.

I stopped using them after that discovery.

Your claim that OpenDNS is "monitoring your traffic" is misleading.

If you ping www.google.com it pings google.navigation.opendns.com (208.67.219.231). You still get the standard Google homepage and search results when you go to http://www.google.com/ however. The odd DNS resolution for www.google.com is apparently because some software such as the Google Toolbar bypasses DNS requests, which breaks some of OpenDNS's features. (More on this below.) One apparent advantage of OpenDNS doing this is that it help users avoid Dell affiliate adware so that affected Dell systems will get actual search results instead of a page full of Dell's affiliate ads.

But guess what? It's trivial to turn this feature off if you don't like it. Just go to https://www.opendns.com/dashboard/settings/ and sign in if necessary. Click on Advanced Settings. Scroll down and uncheck Enable OpenDNS proxy, then click Apply. Wait a few minutes, or try running "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command line if you're using Windows, or restart your computer, and then your settings should take effect. The downside to disabling the proxy is that it will break some of OpenDNS's features.

From an OpenDNS support article:

Is OpenDNS running a proxy?
Yes. Some software, including your (and our) beloved Google Toolbar, intercepts requests made via the address bar so that DNS requests never occur. This creates some usability issues, including making shortcuts - which require DNS requests to be made from the address bar - unreliable. We've designed a simple proxy that ensures the best of Google and OpenDNS work without causing problems.

When enabled, we route certain requests to a simple proxy which checks for the origin of the request. Shortcut-related traffic gets handled (and redirected) while all other traffic goes to the intended destination untouched. We are not storing or mining any of the data that passes through the proxy. The proxy does nothing malicious - it's designed to make your shortcuts work seamlessly with the Google Toolbar and similar services, giving you the best of both worlds.

Like all OpenDNS services, the proxy is respectful of your privacy. We do not track any of the searches made through the proxy. In fact, since so many people use Google we automatically rotate and delete the logs frequently. We do not store any of those logs, nor do we perform any non-operational-related analysis of the traffic sent through the proxy at any time. Protecting your privacy and delivering a fantastic navigational experience will always be two of our main goals at OpenDNS. We believe that this solution provides just that, and continues our tradition of innovative services that make your Internet experience with OpenDNS faster, safer and more reliable.

Ultimately, this proxy serves to enhance the OpenDNS experience and we recommend you leave it enabled.

Also, from the OpenDNS FAQ regarding the workaround for Dell adware:

Will this make Google slower?
No. We are doing this URL redirection on all of our servers in all of our locations. Loading Google should take no longer than it took before we made this change. Also, all of Google's other domains like like gmail.com and even subdomains like reader.google.com still work as they did before. We don't re-route any of those.

Are you tracking or keeping a log of my searches?
No way. Absolutely not. We don't keep cop

I had been using OpenDNS. I stopped when I realized they were monitoring my traffic. When I go to Google, they were returning their own Google-like page, to which my browser would submit the query, and then redirect me to Google.

I stopped using them after that discovery.

Your claim that OpenDNS is "monitoring your traffic" is misleading.

If you ping www.google.com it pings google.navigation.opendns.com (208.67.219.231). You still get the standard Google homepage and search results when you go to http://www.google.com/ however. The odd DNS resolution for www.google.com is apparently because some software such as the Google Toolbar bypasses DNS requests, which breaks some of OpenDNS's features. (More on this below.) One apparent advantage of OpenDNS doing this is that it help users avoid Dell affiliate adware so that affected Dell systems will get actual search results instead of a page full of Dell's affiliate ads.

But guess what? It's trivial to turn this feature off if you don't like it. Just go to https://www.opendns.com/dashboard/settings/ and sign in if necessary. Click on Advanced Settings. Scroll down and uncheck Enable OpenDNS proxy, then click Apply. Wait a few minutes, or try running "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command line if you're using Windows, or restart your computer, and then your settings should take effect. The downside to disabling the proxy is that it will break some of OpenDNS's features.

From an OpenDNS support article:

Is OpenDNS running a proxy?
Yes. Some software, including your (and our) beloved Google Toolbar, intercepts requests made via the address bar so that DNS requests never occur. This creates some usability issues, including making shortcuts - which require DNS requests to be made from the address bar - unreliable. We've designed a simple proxy that ensures the best of Google and OpenDNS work without causing problems.

When enabled, we route certain requests to a simple proxy which checks for the origin of the request. Shortcut-related traffic gets handled (and redirected) while all other traffic goes to the intended destination untouched. We are not storing or mining any of the data that passes through the proxy. The proxy does nothing malicious - it's designed to make your shortcuts work seamlessly with the Google Toolbar and similar services, giving you the best of both worlds.

Like all OpenDNS services, the proxy is respectful of your privacy. We do not track any of the searches made through the proxy. In fact, since so many people use Google we automatically rotate and delete the logs frequently. We do not store any of those logs, nor do we perform any non-operational-related analysis of the traffic sent through the proxy at any time. Protecting your privacy and delivering a fantastic navigational experience will always be two of our main goals at OpenDNS. We believe that this solution provides just that, and continues our tradition of innovative services that make your Internet experience with OpenDNS faster, safer and more reliable.

Ultimately, this proxy serves to enhance the OpenDNS experience and we recommend you leave it enabled.

Also, from the OpenDNS FAQ regarding the workaround for Dell adware:

Will this make Google slower?
No. We are doing this URL redirection on all of our servers in all of our locations. Loading Google should take no longer than it took before we made this change. Also, all of Google's other domains like like gmail.com and even subdomains like reader.google.com still work as they did before. We don't re-route any of those.

Are you tracking or keeping a log of my searches?
No way. Absolutely not. We don't keep cop

I had been using OpenDNS. I stopped when I realized they were monitoring my traffic. When I go to Google, they were returning their own Google-like page, to which my browser would submit the query, and then redirect me to Google.

They claim they're doing this for your own good, or for the good of Dell users at least, to stop some Google / Dell conspiracy. Details.

You might want to investigate https://www.opendns.com/start for what you actually need to do. I use OpenDNS when I am not running in 'tor' mode.

I used one of the tests below and found that my ISP's DNS servers were vulnerable. Now I am using the OpenDNS servers on all of my clients instead:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Their servers are not vulnerable, and you can create an account to enable things like antiphishing at the DNS level (much better idea then a browser plug-in).

If you find that your ISP's routers are vulnerable, your best bet is switch to OpenDNS...or just run your own caching server.

Did this, and unsurprisingly got taken to http://guide.opendns.com/?url=www.fjldskjfsdf.com [That's not a surprise, right?]

Kaminsky posted a test to see whether your DNS server is still vulnerable (it seems that you'll need to allow scripts from toorrr.com). If the server is vulnerable, he appears to be recommending OpenDNS as a stopgap measure. Their nameservers are 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 .

If you're really paranoid, switch to OpenDNS first before running the test...

On a related note, doxpara.com = 66.240.226.139 , but I can't get anything but a 404 at the IP address. Should I be nervous?

Just point your browser to OpenDNS at http://www.opendns.com/. Sign up with them and you'll use their DNS servers as opposed to your ISPs. When I mistype something in my browser, they provide assistance in the form of attempting to send you to the site with the correct spelling. It's free, so there's no barrier to using them. Woadan

http://www.opendns.com?

no, they're doing the exact same thing.
they're redirecting invalid requests to
http://guide.opendns.com/?url=%5Burl.here%5D

$ host aoeuidhtns.com
Host aoeuidhtns.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

$ host aoeuidhtns.com 208.67.222.222
aoeuidhtns.com has address 208.69.34.132

http://www.opendns.com/

basically it is remove your ISP's dns#s and add these

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Your name server, at 208.67.217.6, appears to be safe.
  You're using OpenDNS. Thanks! You are now navigating the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliably than ever before.

Just use OpenDNS. You point your router to their DNS servers, and you can configure up to 50 shortcuts for your favorite websites.

For example, if I want to go to slashdot, I just type "sd" into my address bar, and I'm redirected to slashdot.org.
"gm" redirects me to Gmail.
"news" redirects me to Google News.
"maps" redirects me to Google Maps.
"docs" redirects me to Google Docs.
"help" redirects me to the Debian support forum.

What is "another service"? Any suggestions? I would love to use one... I've turned off the typo settings in opendns, but I'm still stuck with the google issue.

opendns

http://www.opendns.com/

to switch to opendns. (I'm an Earthlink subscriber; I pay them a monthly fee, I don't think they should be cashing in on my type-o's).

They are using our OpenDNS servers as the control group. We've been noticing that a lot lately.

Plus, a lot of folks are using http://cache.opendns.com/ to start checking the records of their personal site from around the world.

You should tell everyone in Paraguay about OpenDNS.

Just change your DNS to OpenDNS and you are covered. OpenDNS monitors Phising sites and will not let you resolve to it. You don't need to sign up just use their nameservers at 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. It's free. If you sign up you get some additional cool features like blocking selected domain types Like Pron if that's not your thing.

People frequently ask us how we can offer such a fantastic service without charging a dime.

OpenDNS makes money the same way Google and Yahoo do -- by showing relevant ads when we show you search results.

http://www.opendns.com/how/free/how-can-opendns-be-free/

The plot thickens. Have a look at this OpenDNS blog entry which explains the rationale for the Google interception. At least it's a plausible justification, though I don't have a Dell and I'd prefer my Googling to go straight to the source without intermediaries, so I'm keeping OpenDNS off.

OpenDNS has a blog post explaining why they're doing that: http://blog.opendns.com/2007/05/22/google-turns-the-page

The actual reason is here (it's because of Pakis after all!):

http://system.opendns.com/2008/02/24/58/

Youtube.com is down right now because Pakistan Telecom has decided to (accidentally probably) hijack their IP address space which means that nobody in the world can reach Youtube. This isnt an OpenDNS issue. Just letting you all know.

Point the router to opendns. http://www.opendns.com/

Set it up to filter.

I was using it because it was fast.

My wife wanted me to find something that would filter content. She was afraid my daughter would type some bad word into google, like dicks,jugs,beaver,or white house.

Personal Benefit: Never again be tricked into g o a t s e . c x on /. again!

My daughter (10) just got a Dell Inspiron 1720 and now lugs it all over the house. I can't watch her all the time, though, and I don't want her to accidentally end up in the wrong place.

I installed Ubuntu on it for her, and let her dual boot with Vista. When she saw how much faster Ubuntu was, she was sold.

I'm sure the desktop cube had nothing to do with it.

Passwords are important. She and her friends shared Club Penguin password's once and their was much ado on the girl's gmail accounts. All of her correspondence in gmail is forwarded to me, that is how I knew. I keep telling her email is NOT private. Don't write anything that you wouldn't want published in the school newspaper.

Why the router? How are you going to block lynx,wget,curl or any of the couple dozen Linux LiveCDs I've left laying around the house?

Oh, and let your wife set the password on the router.

How OpenDNS makes money. Their service has scaled quite nicely since inception, and there's no reason to believe they'll experience load issues in the future.

Please visit http://www.opendns.com/ for your needs. They have exactly what your hunting for!

Did Google consider itself to be a source of malware? http://blog.opendns.com/2007/05/22/google-turns-the-page/

Use OpenDNS as your DNS server.

Problem solved as long as you ensure your computers continue to use it.

(Disclaimer: I am a happy user of their service)

What about openDNS? Do people use their DNS servers, and how up to date are their patches?

Yeah, actually this is *exactly* why I use OpenDNS.

As you probably already know (why else are you posting as an AC?) this is a workaround for a nasty thing that Dell and Google have come up with to present the user with a screen full of ads when they make a typo in the search box. It's installed by default on new Dell machines. It's impossible for an ordinary user to to turn off. I'm a hardcore techie and I had a rough time with it on my new Inspiron. More details here: http://blog.opendns.com/2007/05/22/google-turns-the-page/

So, AC, do you work for Google or Dell? Shame on you in either case for spreading this FUD. If you work for Google, even more shame for violating the "don't be evil" policy. Because this is pretty fucking evil, and trying to convince people not to use OpenDNS because of it is even more evil.

Because I use OpenDNS I figured I'd look into this. Apparently the intent of this was to prevent spyware on some Dell computers from completely filling up any typoed addresses with ads. This link goes into more detail:
http://blog.opendns.com/2007/05/22/google-turns-the-page/

If you don't like the ads a particular ad-server gives you, make sure they're unwelcome on your network, regardless of the site hosting the ads. I make sure fastclick.net (and about 150 other unsavory domains) resolve only to 0.0.0.0 at my DNS server. If you don't run your own DNS, OpenDNS allows you to block specific domains as well.

Exactly - do I get credit for ads? My ISP started putting ads on their default DNS, which trumps FF. So I see ads if I type in "google", and instead of the intelligent response I should get, I get my ISPs own search for it. ICK. Thank God for OpenDNS. Still, if you are going to meter me, you had better filter what I ask of you, or set your caps so high that I can't ever touch them.

Sera

Use OpenDNS http://www.opendns.comas your DNS provider, make an account and take advantage of their domain blocking facility.

It's free

So this friend of mine wants to know if you disable the porn filtering part.

Tell your friend No. I just use the DNS addresses in my router as is. It's install free, configuration free and compatible with all my boxes from Windows 95/98, Linux, XP and the wife's Vista. If your friend wants customized filtering, try Open DNS. Much malware lurks in the shady parts of porn. There are lots free video codecs required to play their video that are more than just a video codec. It's best to stay away and not install any untrusted software.

http://www.opendns.com/

OpenDNS isn't neutral http://www.opendns.com/features/overview/

'Block the bad sites and whitelist the good.'

>How about a parked-site blacklist?

Could the black list be incorporated into OpenDNS http://www.opendns.com/ ?

Gack!!!

Some idjits, that should know better, used them "Internet tubes" in a diagram: clicky here be.

Where I come from, we call them "pipes" because "pipes" are always bigger than mere "tubes".

Changing your dns servers to point to the opendns servers will fix many of the typosquatting problems people have:
http://www.opendns.com/

Best of all, it is free.

OpenDNS? I use OpenDNS and it has adult site blocking capabilities. I have not personally tested them. But it's a start.