[OPLINTECH] [OPLINLIST] Enhanced features for OPLIN provided OpenDNS accounts

[Stephen Hedges]

Just an additional note for those who may not be familiar with this
"OpenDNS" thing -- it's the Internet filtering software any Ohio public
library can get ~free~ from OPLIN,
http://oplin.ohio.gov/internet-filtering-service.
--
Stephen Hedges
Director, Ohio Public Library Information Network
2323 W. Fifth Ave Suite 130, Columbus 43204
614-728-5250

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Karl Jendretzky <karl at oplin.ohio.gov>
wrote:

> All,
>
> Wanted to make you aware of some enhancements to the OpenDNS product that
> became available last week. As part of talks between OPLIN and OpenDNS, all
> OPLIN provided OpenDNS accounts now have access to OpenDNS's roaming client
> software and virtual appliances.
>
> I think the roaming client is the one that will catch the attention of
> quite a few libraries for use on things like children's or catalog
> machines. After installing a small software client on a workstation, you
> can now apply rules specific to that machine from the standard OpenDNS web
> interface. You can download the client under Configuration -> Identities ->
> Roaming Computers
>
>
> ​Neat thing is when you download that roaming client from your OpenDNS web
> interface, it drops a little json file into the zip with your OpenDNS
> account info in it. When you run the installer on the workstation, you
> don't need to provide any info in the setup because the installer reads the
> json file and associates the machine with your account automatically.
> Nothing but hitting Next a few times, an icon pops up in the system tray,
> and the machine appears in the OpenDNS web interface.
>
>
> ​
> At that point you'd just select the machine under the policy settings to
> apply security to it.
>
>
> ​For domains that need to be resolved internally rather than going to
> OpenDNS (think active directory), you list them in the web interface under
> System Settings -> Internal Domains.
>
>
> ​
>
>
> I don't think the virtual appliance will be as interesting to most of you,
> but its downloads and documentation is available under System Settings ->
> Sites & Active Directory. The idea is that you stand up an appliance
> through ESXi or Hyper-V that acts as a modified cacheless DNS server to sit
> between your clients and AD server. This appliance is aware of your
> internal domains (once you list them in the web ui) and allows those
> requests to go on through to the AD, but other requests it sends directly
> to OpenDNS, along with what private ip made the request. Knowing what
> internal ip made the request allows you to setup filtering rules which
> apply to specific internal ips or subnets.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Karl Jendretzky
> IT Manager - Ohio Public Library Information Network(614) 728-1515karl at oplin.ohio.gov
>
>
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