Okay, who here an give me an unbiased report on the pros and cons about OpenDNS vs HostsMan and similar programs?
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OpenDNS vs HostsMan, etc.
Started by Corona, Aug 12 2008 02:42 AM
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Posted 12 August 2008 - 02:42 AM
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Posted 12 August 2008 - 04:28 AM
Well the two you listed are different things.
OpenDNS is a set of DNS servers you can use in place of your ISP DNS server. Supposedly theyre a bit faster and it has phishing protection. If you create an OpenDNS account, you can also customize it for content filtering.
HostsMan is a program for managing your Hosts file. It can autoupdate (from several sources), edit, remove duplicates, among other features.
OpenDNS is a set of DNS servers you can use in place of your ISP DNS server. Supposedly theyre a bit faster and it has phishing protection. If you create an OpenDNS account, you can also customize it for content filtering.
HostsMan is a program for managing your Hosts file. It can autoupdate (from several sources), edit, remove duplicates, among other features.
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Posted 12 August 2008 - 10:24 AM
What anonymous_user posted is a good synopsis about the pros and cons of the two functions.
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