OpenDNS Phases Out Redirection To Guide

Posted by timothy on Saturday May 31, 2014 @09:23PM from the good-on-them dept.

First time accepted submitter Jim Efaw (3484) writes "Tired of the OpenDNS Guide surprise from website-unavailable.com when you go to an old link or a typo from some ISPs? Relief is at hand: On June 6, 2014, OpenDNS will stop redirecting dead hostnames to Guide and its ads; the OpenDNS Guide itself will shut down sometime afterwards. OpenDNS nameservers will start returning normal NXDOMAIN and SERVFAIL messages instead. Phishing protection and optional parental controls will still stay in place."

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Business model by fph+il+quozientatore · 2014-05-31 22:20 · Score: 1, Funny

Wait, how will they make money then?

Oh, right. The usual answer. Selling our data.

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Re:Run your own resolver by Ginger+Unicorn · 2014-05-31 23:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Careful, you'll summon ...him

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