Internet Guide Levels Out
Current users will be grandfathered into Pro features for free! Spread the word — make sure you and your friends are signed up before Friday, March 5th.
As the popularity of the DynDNS.com Internet Guide continues to build, we’ve decided to level out the offerings, making it simple and easy for new users to sign up for the exact tier of Internet Guide that best fits their needs. While the basic package will remain available at no charge, even for those new to the service, we are happy to reward Internet Guide users by allowing them to keep their current service at no cost — so from one to five networks and up, we’ve got you covered!
As always, you can use Internet Guide to make the web a faster and safer place to surf. When you surf without the sharks you can speed web browsing, block phishing and malware sites, set parental controls and create customized whitelists and blacklists.
Starting soon, new users can pick their package based on the following requirements:
Internet Guide Free
- Single defense plan assigned to a single account on one network
- Single network must be a DDNS hostname
- Up to 30 blacklists/network
- Up to 30 whitelists/network
Internet Guide Pro
- Up to three defense plans assigned to up to three networks
- Networks can be DDNS hostnames, CIDR blocks, or static IP addresses
- Up to 100 blacklists/network
- Up to 100 whitelists/network
Internet Guide Premium
- Up to ten defense plans assigned to up to ten networks
- Can be linked to DDNS hostnames, CIDR blocks, or static IP addresses
- No limit on blacklists or whitelists
Free sign ups on Pro and Premium levels will continue until Friday, March 5th, so make sure you are signed up — tell your friends and family to do the same.
Learn more about DynDNS.com Internet Guide: http://dyn.com/internetguide
Dyn & DNSSEC: Committed to Making the Internet a Safer Place
As an early adopter of DNSSEC, Dyn continues to lead the way to a safer Internet, one domain at a time. Get the facts on this security initiative.
While DNSSEC has been around for nearly 20 years, taking different shapes as it works to be better implemented and understood, it has recently developed some buzz due to a federal government mandate to implement and ISP’s such as Comcast joining the charge to get DNSSEC adopted on a larger scale.
With Comcast in the trial stages of adoption, and 80% of federal government domains missing the December 2009 deployment deadline, you might be wondering exactly what DNSSEC is, why it’s so important and why it has been so slow to gain wide scale adoption. As one of the first to adopt DNSSEC, and now offering it standard on the Dynect Platform, the Dyn team is proud to have years of experience under its belt and happy to pass that information on to you.
What is DNSSEC?
First the basics — DNSSEC is a set of DNS extensions, which provide origin authentication of DNS data to a DNS client. This authentication process ensures that when a user requests a certain site, they are being directed to the correct location and not to a potentially untrustworthy “spoofing” site. This added layer of security helps protect from some of the most dangerous forms of cyber hacking that can potentially steal critical and private information from web users. As and example, if you go to an online retail store to make a purchase, the site may look and act like the well known site you’re used to, however if the sites DNS records have been tampered with, there is the possibility that you just gave critical information to an unsafe third party. If this site were to implement DNSSEC, you could feel secure in knowing that when you type in their web address, you are in fact being directed to a safe location.
Why is DNSSEC so important?
If you read the paragraph above, and have ever given personal information over a website, (which most of us have) then it’s clear why the implementation of DNSSEC is so important and why more Top Level Domains (TLDs) have been pushing for its deployment. As reports of cyber attack, phishing and cache poisoning continue to increase, so has the urgency to for securing the Internet as a whole. While the .gov domain has been the first to make this a mandate, any and all domains can benefit from DNSSEC, especially those where users are sharing sensitive or personal information.
Why have many been slow to deploy DNSSEC?
With the Internet being so critical to many organizations and DNS being vital for the Internet to work, why has it taken so long for the wide adoption of DNSSEC to catch on? While we can’t speak for everyone, it’s likely the perceived complexity of the process as well as a lack of understanding of the true benefits may be the cause. Most organizations aren’t seeing the immediate benefit, and therefore will put off the implementation. The issue with this is that without wider scale adoption, the benefits will be slower and harder to realize, making this a classic chicken and egg scenario.
What is Dyn doing to help?
With so many layers to the DNSSEC process, it can be confusing to even the most experienced IT staff. Where do you start? How do you acquire keys? Can my current DNS server handle the additional load created by DNSSEC? If you are thinking about deploying DNSSEC and have asked yourself any of these questions, we are happy to help. While other providers have talked about providing solutions, Dyn has been an early adopter, making the activation of DNSSEC as easy as a click of the mouse – not to mention it comes standard with any package on the Dynect Platform. With over 12 years experience specializing in all things DNS, we would be happy to talk you through the process of implementing, or answer additional questions you have about DNSSEC. To find out if it’s right for you, contact sales@dyn.com