Friday, August 31, 2018

OpenDNS FamilyShield - A Safer Community

FamilyShield from OpenDNS is a free & simple DNS offering to block out most adult sites, proxy servers and phishing sites. Over the years since FamilyShield was first rolled out the service has continued to be effective & beneficial to millions of customers, particularly parents, in keeping net usage safe for children & families at home.

Innovations from OpenDNS include ideas such as leveraging the community for tagging domains (DomainTagging), identifying phishing sites (PhishTank), speeding up internet access via the OpenDNS Global Network, & a very clear/ open Anti-censorship policy. These are incorporated within the FamilyShield service to effectively block out harmful content & make internet access better for the user across devices. Finally, once ready to onboard, setting up FamilyShield on the router takes no effort at all!