Mark O’Neill, editor of MakeUseOf and a contributing writer to Geeks Are Sexy, said in an email to me recently following the publication of one of his GAS articles that he had received an email death threat based on his views and observations espoused in that article. So should Mark be concerned? Should he be worried that some harebrained critic has him in his sights? Well, probably not.
Mark’s experience however brought to mind a number of spam email attacks that include false warnings, including death threats, in order to deceive the recipient into falling for a scam, a phishing attack or installing malware.
MakeUseOf has mentioned OpenDNS before, but until recently I had no idea what all you could accomplish with it. We mentioned how using it could speed up your internet connection by using their DNS servers instead of your ISP’s. This allows OpenDNS to do many other things that you might not be aware of. In this article, I’ll walk you through getting the most out of OpenDNS.
Lets look at OpenDNS’s feature list. It’s quite impressive. The offer a nice list of great DNS related tools to help you secure, customize, and protect your network. To start, we need to create an account. Do this by browsing to the OpenDNS website and clicking on the Create Account link at the top of the page. You’ll get access to all their features including:
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