OpenDNS is a Cadillac Escalade, ClearCloud DNS is a Porsche. Ok, that's the hyperbole. But it's apt.
I like OpenDNS. I have used the service, and we are very good friends with the principals over there. But OpenDNS is a very sophisticated system that includes content filtering. ClearCloud is just focused on malware sites. OpenDNS does not block malware sites, instead requiring an additional fee: https://www.opendns.com/start/ Users of both products who have been testing it indicate that they prefer ClearCloud because: - It is very simple - just enter the IP number and go. Unlike OpenDNS, we don't care where you IP originated from (for configuration management), so we don't have to worry about updating dynamic DNS, etc. - It's quite a bit faster. OpenDNS does a lot of incredible things, but these come at a performance cost. OpenDNS is a company setup to make money on DNS. We aren't. For us, the DNS portion of ClearCloud is only one part of the equation. ClearCloud is actually the DNS infrastructure which will provide a major part of our future cloud-services model. So it pops off the work we're already doing. That's not to say we won't try and figure out a way to make some money off of it at some point (maybe by charging business a small fee for it at some point in the future), but it's not our primary focus. But simply: If you're not worried about content filtering (which has its limitations anyway in DNS, since you can only block a domain, not a full URL), then ClearCloud is better. If you want content filtering, use OpenDNS. Alex From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware OpenDNS provides similar benefits... ASB (My XeeSM Profile)<http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Hornbuckle <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us<mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: Trying it now. Love the concept-let's see if it helps. :) From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com<mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com>] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware Btw, we update the malware URLs of these rogues right into ClearCloud. Feel free to and the ClearCloud DNS server as a replacement to your existing DNS: http://clearclouddns.com/ It's still beta, but I think you'll find it works quite well. And it's free. Alex From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com<mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com>] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/ Free. And the combination really works. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us<mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware The "Security Tools" malware is about to drive me insane. My users keep managing to infect themselves with it, and we're having trouble stopping it. They don't run with admin rights, so there's no real damage done to their systems and we can clean it up in about two minutes. But the time adds up, and I'm tired of my technicians having to waste time on it. Our antimalware software is Microsoft's Forefront Client Security, and it's having a tough time catching this. Every time I get infected, I send the EXE to Microsoft and they update their definitions-but the EXE's used by the malware apparently change rapidly, and seem to constantly be a step ahead of FCS's definitions. I can think of a couple of options that I know would stop it, like blocking all EXE's at our web filter or using group policy to limit the running of EXE's-but this would also prevent users from doing things like installing safe plug-ins from websites, so it's not a first resort. Suggestions? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
