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We too moved to OpenDNS last year and haven't looked back. You may have to tweak it a bit, as no two filters block/whitelist the same sites. After a few days though, it was is nothing happened. Great to have one less on premise system to manage and you can't
beat the price. Finally, I asked the same question re: # of libraries using it. I don't recall the exact numbers but do know that OpenDNS has many, many customers outside the library world.
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<div>Good luck!</div>
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<div>Greg.</div>
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<div>On Jul 6, 2013, at 8:29 AM, "Bell, Ken" <<a href="mailto:kbell@akronlibrary.org">kbell@akronlibrary.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">We are using OpenDNS and it’s great. It lets you filter categories or block or unblock specific domains. It shows you stats and the paid version allows you to create
one time bypass keys for certain sites as needed. The “sledge-hammer” like approach can be scaled and actually makes it easier as an admin. You don’t have to try and block every single site and if there is a specific site you want to allow it’s easy enough
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org">oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org</a>
[mailto:oplintech-<a href="mailto:bounces@lists.oplin.org">bounces@lists.oplin.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Chad Neeper<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, July 05, 2013 6:25 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[OPLINTECH] OpenDNS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">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
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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></div>
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TIA,<o:p></o:p></div>
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