Thread: Open DNS and safety

hy guys,



i just watched a youtube video on how to speed up your internet connection and i followed the Open DNS way..

now...
is this safe (do i have more chances to get caught) using torrents because i browse though Open DNS?

helf is appreciated...



is it safer or the same/?

i dont know much about DNS

sorry about the misplaced thread..

could anyone help me?
does anyone know?

Using OpenDNS versus your ISP or any other public DNS servers does not make you Safer or more vulnerable to get "caught"

It is merely an alternative that is arguably safer and faster then other services.

Furthermore, DNS Resolution only resolves entered ho***ames into IPs and does not participate in the web browsing/torrent transfers per se.

Finally, torrent transfers are done directly with IPs and do not use ho***ames so in that sense, OpenDNS has no relevance to the activity of trading files...

thank you sir for a detailed response!

also..does it affect download speed?

as pot33 said it changing DNS has nothing to do with file transfers(bandwidth). its only affecting the translation of domain names to IP's or vice-versa.

in all truth it doesn´t affect browsing speed much either because of the way DNS works, eventualy any changes of IP's or new additions of IP's/domains will propagate to your ISP's DNS. Also your own queries will cause your Isp to Cache the DNS results.. as well as your browser/OS.

Advice: Don´t bother..

It doesn't really speed it up as much as you think...

yes,OPEN DNS is quicker because the ISP DNS become flooded with their users..so at times browsing becomes bit slow..in this case OPEN DNS is helpful and moreover,it filters the content..it filters a larger amount of porn sites....