Comments on: OpenDNS: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ (ignorance killed the cat, curiosity was framed) Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: JC http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-484 JC Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:46:34 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-484 i fixed it by myself.. i went to modem config and removed those OPENDNS IPs.. you can check that as well in DNS server. i fixed it by myself.. i went to modem config and removed those OPENDNS IPs.. you can check that as well in DNS server.

]]> By: JC http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-483 JC Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:38:54 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-483 I did not change anything in my DNS and it is always set to automatic. I didn't know that how come they change my DNS server to their own server! I do not want to use OPENDNS. I did not change anything in my DNS and it is always set to automatic. I didn’t know that how come they change my DNS server to their own server! I do not want to use OPENDNS.

]]> By: Dan http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Dan Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:22:47 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-482 What OpenDNS is doing is BS. They're trying to block Google searches for their own selfish ends. What OpenDNS is doing is BS. They’re trying to block Google searches for their own selfish ends.

]]> By: Anarhcorax http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Anarhcorax Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:27:46 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-471 Cheers man, this OpenDNS was pissing me off to no end, I love being able to just type in a word and get my browser to do everything else, and firefox just felt broken without that feature. Thanks again :) Cheers man, this OpenDNS was pissing me off to no end, I love being able to just type in a word and get my browser to do everything else, and firefox just felt broken without that feature.

Thanks again :)

]]> By: David Ulevitch http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-273 David Ulevitch Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:36:21 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-273 Actually guys -- you can turn it off. Just log in to your account and in the settings tab of your network under "Advanced Settings" just disable the OpenDNS proxy. Done and done. Not ugly at all. Please update your post accordingly. Actually guys — you can turn it off. Just log in to your account and in the settings tab of your network under “Advanced Settings” just disable the OpenDNS proxy. Done and done.

Not ugly at all. Please update your post accordingly.

]]> By: exoteric http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-271 exoteric Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:28:07 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-271 Thanks a lot, worked a treat. I was wondering what was causing these really down-beat, irrelevant pages to come up on top of google search. I deleted ie=UTF-8 without any problems. Thanks a lot, worked a treat. I was wondering what was causing these really down-beat, irrelevant pages to come up on top of google search. I deleted ie=UTF-8 without any problems.

]]> By: Siddhartha Reddy http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Siddhartha Reddy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:39:02 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-179 Hi Chris, I think you did a little more than what I suggested. I suggested that you remove <em>ie=UTF-8&</em> from the URL, which would change http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= to http://www.google.com/search?&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= and not www.google.com/search= to which you seem to have changed it to. You can easily fix the problem by going back to about:config, finding keyword.url, right clicking it and selecting "Reset" from the menu. Hope this helps. Hi Chris,

I think you did a little more than what I suggested. I suggested that you remove ie=UTF-8& from the URL, which would change
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
to
http://www.google.com/search?&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
and not
http://www.google.com/search=
to which you seem to have changed it to.

You can easily fix the problem by going back to about:config, finding keyword.url, right clicking it and selecting “Reset” from the menu.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: chris http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-178 chris Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:06:14 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-178 "But just when I thought I had to give a pass to OpenDNS, I found a very simple way to get rid of this annoyance: in Firefox’s config (type about:config in the address bar), modify the keyword.URL property in any way (say, remove ie=UTF-8& from it.) That’s all, you will once again start getting lucky!" Well, I tried this and really broke my browser. Now I get a google page that can't find anything because it's looking for the whole string... The page - www.google.com/search=searchword - does not exist. No thanks for that.... “But just when I thought I had to give a pass to OpenDNS, I found a very simple way to get rid of this annoyance: in Firefox’s config (type about:config in the address bar), modify the keyword.URL property in any way (say, remove ie=UTF-8& from it.) That’s all, you will once again start getting lucky!”
Well, I tried this and really broke my browser. Now I get a google page that can’t find anything because it’s looking for the whole string…
The page – http://www.google.com/search=searchword – does not exist.
No thanks for that….

]]> By: Naseer http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Naseer Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:50:40 +0000 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-32 Comprehensive review. I was thinking of using OpenDNS at home but I don't like the idea of losing the Firefox address bar to navigate. Also privacy could be an issue for some, with OpenDNS collecting stats for all hosts you resolve. Comprehensive review. I was thinking of using OpenDNS at home but I don’t like the idea of losing the Firefox address bar to navigate. Also privacy could be an issue for some, with OpenDNS collecting stats for all hosts you resolve.

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