OpenDNS Forums - I used internet at a Sheraton hotel and was added as their OpenDNS admin

OpenDNS Forums - I used internet at a Sheraton hotel and was added as their OpenDNS admin - how? Sun, 26 May 2013 07:31:07 +0000 http://forums.opendns.com/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 I used internet at a Sheraton hotel and was added as their OpenDNS admin - how? http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80532#Comment_80532 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80532#Comment_80532 Fri, 04 May 2012 13:37:35 +0000 hitrichelovek
(Also, when I returned home, my own network isn't blocking adult content (despite the settings being set to in my OpenDNS panel).

Any help? Has this happened to anyone else before?]]> I used internet at a Sheraton hotel and was added as their OpenDNS admin - how? http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80536#Comment_80536 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80536#Comment_80536 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:01:05 +0000 rotblitz OpenDNS is for networks you own, not for your devices in other networks.

You simply have hi-jacked the hotel's IP address.
Visit your dashboard https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings/
If you have more than one network, delete the one with the hotel's IP address. If there is only one network, apply your own IP address. This should solve your two problems.

As next uninstall the Updater from your roaming device (laptop or so), so that this doesn't happen again.]]> I used internet at a Sheraton hotel and was added as their OpenDNS admin - how? http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80542#Comment_80542 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80542#Comment_80542 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:14:50 +0000 hitrichelovek I used internet at a Sheraton hotel and was added as their OpenDNS admin - how? http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80550#Comment_80550 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=14234&Focus=80550#Comment_80550 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:53:50 +0000 rotblitz
How would you prevent a program to run on a computer where the operator is administrator? No way! The program runs merely on a computer, not so much on a network.

How would you prevent an owner of his OpenDNS settings to get access to them? This doesn't make sense!

But you are right, the hotel's network admin could have stopped you doing so while e.g. blocking access to the update server of OpenDNS. Have you done this, as the admin of your own network? Most likely not! So don't expect other people doing it...

Whatever, there is no better design. It's up to any network admins to prevent people from hi-jacking their IP address - or even not.]]>