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Internet Safety for the home

posted ‎‎Mar 2, 2008 7:36 AM‎‎ by Andy Lohmeyer   [ updated ‎‎May 11, 2009 2:32 PM‎‎ ]

Internet Safety at Home

I wanted to take a second to inform you about a FREE service on the internet that can help keep your family (not to mention your computers) safe. It's a product I've used in my home for approximately a year and have been very happy with it. It's called OPENDNS and is very easy to implement on 1 or all your home computers.

Here is a list of what it can do:

  • it speeds up your internet connection (it gets kinda complicated to explain but you should notice a speed boost)
  • You have the option to:
    • Apply several different filters/blockers including 7 different types of adult sites.
      • allows you to prevent computers from accessing inappropriate material.
    • Block and unblock specific sites
      • You could block facebook 1 week then unblock it the next
    • Block "phishing" sites (will help protect your identity)
ALL THIS FOR FREE!!!

Here is a funny video that OpenDNS has on their website. It answers a lot of questions most uses would have... (or you can click this link and go to their website to view it)