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Product Spotlight: OpenDNS

By Erik Eckel May 21, 2009, 5:37 AM PDT

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Product Spotlight: OpenDNS

OpenDNS Web Site

OpenDNS Web Site

OpenDNS is easy to reach; just navigate to www.opendns.com. Accounts are free, configuration is easy, and excellent documentation is available to help answer any questions that arise.

For a full review check out the Product Spotlight.

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Product Spotlight: OpenDNS

The OpenDNS Dashboard

The OpenDNS Dashboard

Numerous features can be configured from the OpenDNS Dashboard, shown here. Network settings, statistics and more are all accessed here.

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OpenDNS Reports

OpenDNS Reports

OpenDNS enables tracking specific metrics associated with Internet use, including a report that shows the most visited domains, as shown here.

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Product Spotlight: OpenDNS

OpenDNS Reporting

OpenDNS Reporting

Among the other information OpenDNS statistics track is unique domains. Here a single day’s traffic is loggedd using an hourly graph.

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Product Spotlight: OpenDNS

Web Filtering Categories

Web Filtering Categories

Administrators can choose to use one of several preset filter levels (Minimal, Low, Moderate and High are among the available choice). Or, you can choose to create a custom filter, as shown here. Changes typically become effective within two or three minutes.

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Adding A Network

Adding A Network

Adding different networks to a single OpenDNS account is easy. Just go to the Networks tab and enter the corresponding IP information.

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Product Spotlight: OpenDNS

Web Site Blocked

Web Site Blocked

OpenDNS displays a Web page similar to this when users attempt to access a blocked site. By displaying ads on such pages, OpenDNS is able to provide its robust DNS services for free.

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