[OpenDNS] Gift of Safe, Webinar and Australia Zoo

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments

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1. The Gift of Safe: the easiest gift you’ll give this season.
2. Mark your calendar: Webinar December 18.
3. DNS-O-Matic is here!
4. Customer Spotlight: Australia Zoo.
5. 500 billion all-time DNS queries. Zero downtime.
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1. The Gift of Safe: the easiest gift you’ll give this season.
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None of us have done our shopping yet, and we’re not looking forward to
it.
Still, with the help of our celebrity guest Chris Pirillo, we’re proud
to
share the Gift of Safe this holiday season. Our gift has two parts:

First, you get to enjoy the brief, funny video Chris put together
explaining
the benefits of OpenDNS to his skeptical father. If you’ve ever done
family
tech support, you’re going to recognize every step of the way.

Second, you can share the extra protection of OpenDNS with your friends
and
family, all via a simple email. Who will you give it to?

Watch the video and share the gift: http://www.giftofsafe.com/

(Note: Chris Pirillo is a geek among geeks: technologist, television
host,
magazine columnist, blogger, author, and entrepreneur. You may know him
from
Lockergnome: http://www.youtube.com/user/lockergnome)

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2. Mark your calendar: Webinar December 18.
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Pencil us in! Tuesday, December 8 at 11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time CEO
David
Ulevitch will be live on the Internet, walking you through the ABCs of
OpenDNS. He’ll show you everything you need to know about the service
and
answer your questions. If you’ve ever wanted to know how to block Web
proxies, or set a different custom message
for the blocked page than the one on the Guide page, this is your
chance.

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3. DNS-O-Matic is here!
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As OpenDNS members, you know how useful it is to customize your DNS
preferences, whether for content filtering, statistics or just a
company
logo on the Guide page. For those with dynamic IP address networks,
you’ve
taken extra steps to keep OpenDNS updated even when your ISP changes
your IP
address.

We want dynamic IP support to be much, much easier. So we’ve created
DNS-O-Matic to give you a free and easy way to announce your dynamic IP
changes to multiple services with a single update.

For instance, if you have hostnames with DynDNS, ChangeIP, No-IP or a
score
of other services, you can send one update to DNS-O-Matic and we’ll
update
all your services at once. As with PhishTank, we’ve
taken a collaborative approach to this free service. Network services
providers, software developers and hardware manufacturers are all
participating — and we’re adding more all the time.

Got a dynamic IP network? Try DNS-O-Matic today.
http://www.dnsomatic.com/

More details in this blog post:
http://blog.opendns.com/2007/12/02/announcing-dns-o-matic/

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4. Customer Spotlight: Australia Zoo.

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Australia Zoo spans more than 60 acres and houses more than 1,000
native and
exotic animals. It’s the home of the famed Crocodile Hunter and employs
hundreds of animal experts. It’s also a happy OpenDNS customer. "It
saves
needless Internet usage which in Australia can amount to sizable excess
usage bills," said Ben Johns, network administrator for Australia Zoo.
"Plus
having a service that’s available to all of our sites and remote users
saves
us from buying filtering software and appliances."

Like many OpenDNS customers, the Zoo has two name servers within its
network that all workstations and servers use for internal and external
lookups. Johns set all to forward external requests to OpenDNS. He also
set each of the Zoo’s remote/VPN users to use OpenDNS so they don’t
have to
worry about changing settings when traveling.

"The service has been exemplary and unfailable, the technical support
is
prompt and courteous and the features and statistics are abundant,"
said
Johns. "I like the simplicity of having a single DNS service instead of
using one for each ISP. While that was enough for me to begin using
OpenDNS
it’s the extras that have made it a valuable service for a cost
conscious
organization like Australia Zoo."

Thanks Ben!

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5. 500 billion all-time DNS queries. Zero downtime.
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It seems like just yesterday we were telling you about our 300
billionth DNS
request. Would you believe we’re already at 500 billion, and 600
billion is
just days away? The
good news for you is this: the more people using OpenDNS, the faster
Web
pages load. So tell your friends.