OpenDNS Updater is a small AppleScript that helps keep your dynamic IP information up to date on the OpenDNS website. OpenDNS, which we've raved about before, is an alternative DNS server to replace ...

In this age of malware attacks and phishing attempts, you need more security than simply an antivirus and a firewall. In our attempt to find good software that counters malware attacks and provides ...

A domain name system helps computers translate domain names into IP addresses. Every domain name has its own unique IP address, giving it an address on the Internet. When you type in a website address ...

Cisco is acting quickly on its new Security Everywhere initiative with the announcement that it plans to buy Internet security service provider OpenDNS for $635 million in cash plus other ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

Cisco has announced the acquisition of OpenDNS, a ten-year-old Internet security company, for $635 million. To understand what OpenDNS does, it's first important to understand a fundamental part of ...

A few days ago, I wrote about the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, free software from Microsoft that can remove the conficker (a.k.a. Downadup and Kido) worm along with other malicious ...

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein (DJB), author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying ...

OpenDNS yesterday said it would drop in-browser advertisements from its free consumer services next week because its pivot to an enterprise security provider has been successful. OpenDNS is best known ...

Cisco Systems plans to pay $635 million in cash to buy OpenDNS, a company that leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) to provide security services including Web filtering, threat intelligence and ...

OpenDNS has released a preview of a tool that will encrypt DNS (Domain Name System) requests between a person’s computer and the company’s lookup service, potentially blocking malicious interceptions.