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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We’ve been very happy with OpenDNS. One nifty administration feature is that, as Ken mentioned, you can create a short bypass code that library staff can use to turn off filtering for one domain (or all) as needed. The nifty thing is that the bypass code is a cookie, so filtering is automatically back on after a patron closes their browser session. With that in mind, I set up a bypass code in advance that expires in a few months, and make it available to staff, so that they are ready to override filtering for a patron’s session as needed. They’ve almost never had to use it. Every couple of months I receive an email from a patron, generated when they visited a blocked domain, requesting the domain be reclassified. The only downside is, of course, the domain approach – OpenDNS can’t discriminate between naughty and nice videos, images, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jessica D. Dooley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>IT Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Adams County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chad Neeper<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 05, 2013 6:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> OPLINTECH<br><b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] OpenDNS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Back in May 2012, I looked into OpenDNS as a viable/useful content filter compared to dans guardian. (<a href="http://lists.oplin.org/pipermail/oplintech/2012-May/003567.html">http://lists.oplin.org/pipermail/oplintech/2012-May/003567.html</a>). I got to thinking about it again today for no particular reason and started wondering if anyone is using OpenDNS in their library and if it was working decently for them...if they're happy with it, despite its rather sledge-hammer like DNS block approach seemingly limiting its usefulness.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Secondly, does anyone know if/where I might find stats on exactly how many libraries are actually using it under the OPLIN contract?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>TIA,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Senior Systems Engineer</span><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</span><br><br><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Full LAN/WAN consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>