Comments on: OpenDNS policy: Block first, never ask questions later

By: Josh Wenham

Josh Wenham — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:44:19 +0000

Just like xxxx.com.au which is a beer lol.

By: Vinny

Vinny — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:58:38 +0000

If there is ever anything like this that happens in the future, feel free to contact me via email at vinny@opendns.com and I’d be more than happy to look into it for you :)

-Vinny

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:48:22 +0000

T Man, I guess it just goes to show that if you go by the wisdom of “the crowd” you’re going to end up with some stupid results. :)

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:46:36 +0000

Singh: Looks like they removed the block (see David Ulevitch’s post).

By: Singh400

Singh400 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:36:19 +0000

Using OpenDNS here, and I don’t get a warning at all. Then again I’ve got all that Big Brother stuff turned off ;)

By: T Man

T Man — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:46:19 +0000

The phishing category is not driven by OpenDNS exclusively, but by http://www.phishtank.com. There really should be no realistic expectation that a site hosting potential phishing would be contacted by anyone, given the large numbers of these sites and the fact that phishing site owners would heavily obfuscate their identities.

By: Leo Davidson

Leo Davidson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:56:09 +0000

@Drashna (WGS): Exactly why I won’t use OpenDNS except as an absolute last resort. The landing pages drove me crazy and they break things (not just the theoretical RFC but applications/services which depend on it).

By: Navarr

Navarr — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:46:40 +0000

Kudos David Ulevitch.

Good to know OpenDNS is watching :o

Is there an easier way to report accidental-filtering on the website for review?

If not, that’d be a wonderful addition.

By: David Ulevitch

David Ulevitch — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:31:10 +0000

I’ve gone ahead and unblocked it. hostmaster at opendns dot com or abuse at opendns dot com works when all else fails. I read both personally. :-)

By: Drashna (WGS)

Drashna (WGS) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:03:34 +0000

OpenDNS blantantly violoates RFC specifications that break things like the connector software in Windows Home Server (which relies in part on proper DNS function), so what makes you think that they actually give a damn?

By: Gundo Dave

Gundo Dave — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:00:13 +0000

UPdate . . . I’m able to UNblock any domain of my choosing . . . I forgot about that.

By: Gundo Dave

Gundo Dave — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:57:55 +0000

I have the same reults . . BLOCKED! However I did email them that the site was legit.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:16:45 +0000

I’m using OpenDNS and am not getting a warning page, presumably because I just wanted a working DNS server* so I disabled all the extra stuff.

* unlike Verizon who uses a non-standard server that redirects you to their ads… I mean, search engine. Ironically OpenVPN occasionally gives me the EXACT SAME THING and there’s no option to turn it off. Infuriating.