[itdiscuss] Content Filtering

Fri Aug 21 10:07:30 EDT 2009

But if you set the workstations to use OpenDNS for their DNS they will  
have major trouble if they are joined to a domain and need access to  
domain resources.  That would still allow them to manually set DNS to  
bypass it as well.  I would suggest setting it on the firewall or as a  
forwarder on the Windows DC's that way it uses OpenDNS regardless of  
what they use.

I would still use a firewall that would block dns queries from  
anything except DC's and devices that need to do queries that way no  
one can bypass it.

Your brother in Christ,
Jason

On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:31 AM, <blloyd at buskercom.com> <blloyd at buskercom.com 
 > wrote:

> What you do to set it up is to set your DHCP server to set the  
> workstation IPs for their DNS.  So, at home I set the router so it  
> issues a static DNS rather than dynamic.  Actually, at home I also  
> set the DNS for the router to be OpenDNS’s IP.  If you don’t have a  
> static IP for your network, then you setup dynamic DNS using their  
> service.
>
> If you go to their website they have instructions on setting up  
> several different routers.  A friend of mine told me about OpenDNS.   
> We actually setup our Church with the same thing.
>
>
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> Bill Lloyd
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> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Dan Barber
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Content Filtering
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> I think I will try it at home. Did you use it for your router? Can  
> you give me the quick and dirty on how it works? I am totally blown  
> away by all the folks who said they use it! And I have never heard  
> of it!
>
> Dan
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> On 8/20/09 4:16 PM, "blloyd at buskercom..com" <blloyd at buskercom.com>  
> wrote:
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> Ditto on OpenDNS.  We use it at work and I've set it up at home.
>
>
> Bill Lloyd IT Manager
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> Same for us. OpenDNS… works great.
>
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Jason Powell
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:50 PM
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> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Content Filtering
>
> Ditto on opendns … been using it over a year … free is great! Not as  
> granular as other solutions though, but fits our needs currently.
> Jason Powell
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Darin Rohatinsky
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:44 PM
> To: IT Discussion Forum
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Content Filtering
>
> For free we love using OpenDNS.  It does what we want it to and  
> works well.  The price is right, too. :-)
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Dan Barber <dbarber at kirkofthehills.org 
> > wrote:
>
> Folks,
> It is time for our Content Filtering renewal. I am looking into  
> various options, since prices have gone up on our current  
> subscription (SonicWall). What do you use? What do you like/dislike  
> about it?
>
> Is anyone using the Barracuda Content Filter? Websense (Express)?
>
> I want to accomplish two things:
> Keep things secure for our elementary school
> Avoid having a proxy server
>
> Thanks for your thoughts!
>
> Dan Barber
> Network Administrator
> Kirk of the Hills
>
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