Hi there,

I recently created an account to not let adult websites be visited by any users on my home computer. In reference, I'm using windows XP on my computer.

I did/checked the following before making this post:
- Set preferred DNS server to: 208.67.222.222
- Set alternate DNS server to: 208.67.220.220
- Flushed my windows DNS resolver cash via cmd command "ipconfig/flushdns"
- Flushed my Firefox (v11.0) DNS resolver cash via "History", "Clear History"
- Created an account and updated the settings to block adult websites.

I noticed that the settings were having any effect, so I gave it a day and see whether it would take some time for it to take effect. Unfortunately no results.
So next up was checking the forums where I was adviced the following on a sticky post:
- manually restart computer after checking the settings and flushing OS and browser DNS caches.
- Install openDNS updater and update the settings.

I did all that as well, yet still I don't see any effects. Could you guys help me and tell me if I overlooked something?

Thanks in advance for the help!
Matthijs

rotblitz, the browser is FF 11.

de.gooijer.family

"- Flushed my Firefox (v11.0) DNS resolver cash via "History", "Clear History""

You have to clear the cache moreso than history. History is just temporary bookmarks from your recent browsing.

@tommyo

"id 0"

Yes, your IP address 69.214.7.33 is not registered with any OpenDNS network, so there are no settings which could take effect for you. OpenDNS doesn't "know" you then.

OpenDNS updater shows my address is synched; welcome page shows life is good; no chaching or hidden proxy according to your tests; reflushed all browser caches and local machine cache; results of rerunning diagnostics:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Tommy>nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com.
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Non-authoritative answer:
debug.opendns.com text =

"server 5.nyc"
debug.opendns.com text =

"flags 20 0 2f4 0"
debug.opendns.com text =

"id 0"
debug.opendns.com text =

"source 69.214.11.85:4294"

C:\Documents and Settings\Tommy>nslookup www.youporn.com
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: youporn.com
Address: 31.192.116.24
Aliases: www.youporn.com


C:\Documents and Settings\Tommy>

I see id 0 still, so I suspect that I need to get you to "see"me and life will be good. BUt everything looks like you see me!

"id 0" - no you have no address registered to your OpenDNS Network at all.

Why was the updater reporting good updates? I don't know - open a support ticket.

Hi there,

Sorry for the late respond, but thought I would get emailed or such when a response was given. Anyhow....thank you for all the reactions.

The data you requested from the command interface are as follows:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\WINNT\profiles\******>nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Non-authoritative answer:
debug.opendns.com text =

"server 11.ams"
debug.opendns.com text =

"flags 20 0 2f6 7f0000001483"
debug.opendns.com text =

"id 8589702"
debug.opendns.com text =

"source 95.96.78.36:2023"

C:\WINNT\profiles\******>nslookup www.porn.com
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.porn.com.sitecomwlr4000
Address: 67.215.77.132

Personally I have no idea what they mean, so I was hoping y'all can help me translate this a bit. Secondly I went through Firefox (v11.0) as well as my secondary browser IE (v8.0) to find how to flush the DNS cache.

With Firefox (v11.0) I did find under "Options > Options > Advanced" the "cached web content" and the "offline web content and user data". But both of them are standing on 0 bytes of disk space. So I'm guessing the DNS cache on FF is all ready flushed
On the other hand I tried the same with IE by going to "Tools > Delete Browser History" and then I simply deleted all.

i have having the same problem also. Note router DNS has been changed. Windows DNS setting have been changed. dynamic ip update is up and running. dnsc cache has been flushed along with brower cache.

opened two tabs in FF. type one site with WWW.xxxx I able to access site. other tab type xxxx.com and got blocked.

why is opendns behaving like this? I want to get premium service but not if the system is not reliable.


just tried it again. now both methods block the site. I don't understand why this is happening


note id is not 0

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\WINNT\profiles\******>nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com.
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Non-authoritative answer:
debug.opendns.com text =

"server 11.ams"
debug.opendns.com text =

"flags 20 0 2f6 7f0000001483"
debug.opendns.com text =

"id 8589702"
debug.opendns.com text =

"source 95.96.78.36:3128"

C:\WINNT\profiles\******>nslookup www.exampleadultsite.com.
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.exampleadultsite.com
Address: 67.215.77.130

Hey there,

First of I can see that the above given URL is indeed blocked for my specific IP adress. Yet my question is why aren't other websites being blocked just yet?

To be honest I sincerely don't know what's happening right now on a technical level.

Edit: I don't know whether this gives valuable information, but I noticed that openDNS IS tracking my webactivity. So I'm guessing something is going wrong on this side...