Yep. I also use DynDNS, but only their free service. Really nice to be able to remote into my machine at home, on a random DSL IP address. :-)
Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware I use DynDNS, but not for that service. Generally, I've been happy with their overall service for over 7 years now. Probably not a bad deal. ASB (My XeeSM Profile) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Ralph Smith <m...@gatewayindustries.org> wrote: Along these lines, does anyone have experience with or have an opinion on a similar product from dyndns.com http://www.dyndns.com/services/dynguide/ The premium service is only $20 per year, and they seem to use Barracuda for their content and site blocking. Not a lot of detail on their web site. ________________________________________ From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware OpenDNS also offers FamilyShield: https://www.opendns.com/familyshield Not quite a comprehensive as their standard product, but more security features. Of course, I expect ClearCloud to be better against more malware. OpenDNS does block *some* malware sites, except in the BASIC service. (I'm subscribed to the $9.95/yr plan) Anyway, I've put in a request for them to use external malware feeds and allow purchasing/obtaining the malware function across all subscription levels. ASB (My XeeSM Profile) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Alex Eckelberry <al...@sunbelt-software.com> wrote: OpenDNS is a Cadillac Escalade, ClearCloud DNS is a Porsche. Ok, thats the hyperbole. But its 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 dont care where you IP originated from (for configuration management), so we dont have to worry about updating dynamic DNS, etc. - Its 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 arent. 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 were already doing. Thats not to say we wont 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 its not our primary focus. But simply: If youre 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) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Hornbuckle <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: Trying it now. Love the conceptlets see if it helps. :) From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware Btw, we update the malware URLs of these rogues right into ClearCloud. Feel free to and the ClearCloud DNS server as a replacement to your existing DNS: http://clearclouddns.com/ Its still beta, but I think youll find it works quite well. And its free. Alex From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/ Free. And the combination really works. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 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 were having trouble stopping it. They dont run with admin rights, so theres no real damage done to their systems and we can clean it up in about two minutes. But the time adds up, and Im tired of my technicians having to waste time on it. Our antimalware software is Microsofts Forefront Client Security, and its having a tough time catching this. Every time I get infected, I send the EXE to Microsoft and they update their definitionsbut the EXEs used by the malware apparently change rapidly, and seem to constantly be a step ahead of FCSs definitions. I can think of a couple of options that I know would stop it, like blocking all EXEs at our web filter or using group policy to limit the running of EXEsbut this would also prevent users from doing things like installing safe plug-ins from websites, so its not a first resort. Suggestions? 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