Battle Which DNS would you choose for Security and Content blocking?

[Tempnexus]

I would like to add a second opinion Content and Malware blocking on top of my Sophos UTM.
Giving that speculation which DNS would you choose?
Norton DNS
Comodo DNS
Open DNS
Fools DNs

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

I like Norton DNS servers, if you like Norton's
try AdGuard's they are as fast if not faster:
Regular:
1> 176.103.130.130
2> 176.103.130.131
For WiFi Router:
1> 176.103.130.132
2> 176.103.130.134

 

[Sr. Normal 2.0]

I like Norton DNS servers, if you like Norton's
try AdGuard's they are as fast if not faster:
Regular:
1> 176.103.130.130
2> 176.103.130.131
For WiFi Router:
1> 176.103.130.132
2> 176.103.130.134

Ops! very slow here, but thanks. i have my eyes in this for the future

 

[sudo -i]

Adguard secondary DNS is the absolute slowest for me. Primary is pretty down there too.

In order of fastest:
1. Google DNS
2. DNS Advantage
3. Norton ConnectSafe DNS
4. Comodo DNS
5. Norton DNS (Discontinued)
6. OpenDNS

 

[BugCode]

1: Comodo
2: Norton
3: Yandex

nuff' said.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

@Sr. Normal 2.0 & @sudo -i
Are either of you in the US ?
Here in the US AdGuard is very fast and stable.

 

[sudo -i]

@Sr. Normal 2.0 & @sudo -i
Are either of you in the US ?
Here in the US AdGuard is very fast and stable.

Just North of the border, very close to general East Coast servers.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

Just North of the border, very close to general East Coast servers.

Ok Cool, he's in Spain and your in Canada ?
Just wanted to confirm. Thanks
New Jersey & Cali are where the current servers
are located.
Russia has one or two as well.
I am in the Central US, so I am between both of the US servers.
In the US AdGuard DNS is fast, at least for me

 

[russ0408]

I'm in Central Canada. Between Toronto and Niagara Falls, and Adguard Dns is working great for me. I've been using it for a couple months now, I really like it.

 

[Sr. Normal 2.0]

Ok Cool, he's in Spain and your in Canada ?
Just wanted to confirm. Thanks
New Jersey & Cali are where the current servers
are located.
Russia has one or two as well.
I am in the Central US, so I am between both of the US servers.
In the US AdGuard DNS is fast, at least for me

Yes my friend, i´m in Spain. the best servers here come from U.S. I have Norton Security Deluxe, and Norton ConnectSafe don´t work in my system
I´m now with Comodo or Google

 

[Adz.]

Does opendns block ADs and spyware?

 

[HarborFront]

Does opendns block ADs and spyware?

Read here

Web Content Filtering and Security

Can I Block Advertisers and Ad Servers?

 

[shmu26]

How quick and stable is OpenDNS?

And has anyone tried their FamilyShield?

 

[Marko :)]

How quick and stable is OpenDNS?

And has anyone tried their FamilyShield?

OpenDNS is very fast and stable. When I was using it I didn't notice any downtime.

On OpenDNS > System (also available at http://208.69.38.170/) you can see service status (planned maintenance etc.).

 

[shmu26]

OpenDNS is very fast and stable. When I was using it I didn't notice any downtime.

On OpenDNS > System (also available at http://208.69.38.170/) you can see service status (planned maintenance etc.).

thanks.
I am giving it a try, so far so good.

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Hello, I use Stofa DNS,that is my internet providers DNS,never had any problems

 

[Marko :)]

I use Google Public DNS. The ones from my ISP sometimes fail and then no one has internet access. DNS is changed directly in router settings so I don't have to bother setting up on every device.

 

[larry goes to church]

OpenDNS is owned by Cisco.

Cisco has recently tried to re-brand themselves as a security company and i think they're doing a pretty good job.
They have alot of amazing enterprise tools that are all intergrated.

OpenDNS is part of their Umbrella package which is a great web filtering tool.

For free.. why not lol

 

[Evjl's Rain]

I think OpenDNS is the best in terms of speed and blocking capability. They own phishtank.com and this has a huge list of phishing links. I tested and OpenDNS blocked many of those links

OpenDNS can be used to block ad domains, max. 25 domains
also some categories which can be chosen. Familyshield preselects 13 adult-related categories if I'm not mistaken

These are what I'm using for myself

 

[Amelith Nargothrond]

Agreed, OpenDNS is also my choice. Cisco and their Umbrella are great. For routers though, you might need one that has a dedicated OpenDNS ip updater client or a custom client which can be configured for OpenDNS. As a fallback, they have installable clients for win/mac/linux if you don't have a compatible router.

Anyway, they are fast and they are great (for me at least).

If you are into custom firewalls, pfsense has a dedicated client and works awesomely with OpenDNS.

 

[orthonovum]

Anyone knows how much info a DNS provider can collect from you? Is this a "security/privacy" risk in itself?

/W

Good question, they have to be getting something to pay for their equipment