9/23/2023 0 Comments Nxfilter vs opendns![]() Umbrella likes to charge per user and then has it where you can even setup a client on each users machines so if they take it out of the office it is still "protected". You have to either have a paid commercial account or a free, home user account. I think technically, just pointing your DNS at the OpenDNS servers doesn't do any filtering automatically anymore. I'm able to track how many requests to "bad" domains we are getting, plus we have a global white list and black list we can put stuff on, along with other features. ![]() As a nice measure for my company, the users who check their email right away are the ones least likely to click a phishing link while the ones that check it once or twice a day (with the long delay) are the most likely to click a phishing link, so it for sure helps. So we still have to worry about the person that clicks on the phishing link right when they get the email, but for the user who waits 4-6 hours to read their email, the link is typically blocked by the time they click on it. It seems that there is in general a few hours lag (maybe more) from when a new URL "goes live" to when OpenDNS updates and catches it, which is to be expected. It does a pretty good job of blocking active phishing and malware links/scams. ![]() It isn't fool proof by any means, but it isn't that expensive and it cuts down one more potential means of compromise. I've found that it really helps in our business quite a bit. We use OpenDNS (now Cisco Umbrella) plus I use OpenDNS personal at home as well. ![]()
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