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May 27, 2009 - My Eyes Only    Comments Off on OpenDNS for home network protection

OpenDNS for home network protection

OpenDNS is a free service that works for networks of all sizes, from home networks to K-12 schools, SMBs and large enterprises.

http://www.opendns.com

Keeping your family safe online has never been easier. OpenDNS gives you more than 50 filtering categories to choose from. Simply check the boxes of the categories you want to block and watch your filtering take effect within minutes.

Take the guesswork out of identifying phishing Web sites with OpenDNS’s industry-leading anti-phishing service. We’ll tell you when the site you’re trying to visit is fraudulent.

Map short and easy-to-remember terms to your favorite Web sites with OpenDNS Shortcuts. Set up personal Shortcuts that work just for you, or Network Shortcuts that work for everyone in your household.

May 27, 2008 - Old    Comments Off on Redirecting localgeek.us to Dynamic DNS name

Redirecting localgeek.us to Dynamic DNS name

I called GoDaddy about my domain name localgeek.us.

They told me that it is possible to “park” the domain name at GoDaddy and have CNAME records for both the root domain name and “www.localgeek.us”, as well as leaving the other DNS records (MX, etc) intact.

To do this, you need to select “Parked my domain here” (not Custom).

Then create an “A” record for localgeek.us which points to 64.202.189.170.

NOTE: It’s important to use this specific GoDaddy IP address when doing this.

Then create CNAME records as shown below for subdomains.

Then setup domain forwarding to http://localgeek.is-a-geek.com

Note: When I parked the domain, it showed an IP address of 68.178.232.100 rather than the one above.

DNS Zone file

ls -d localgeek.us
[ns1.mydomain.com]
localgeek.us. NS ns1.mydomain.com
localgeek.us. NS ns2.mydomain.com

MX records

@ MX 10 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
@ MX 20 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
@ MX 20 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
@ MX 30 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
@ MX 30 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
@ MX 30 ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
@ MX 30 ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
@ MX 60 SMTP.SECURESERVER.NET
@ MX 70 MAILSTORE1.SECURESERVER.NET

CNAME records

webmail CNAME ghs.google.com
start CNAME ghs.google.com
www CNAME localgeek.is-a-geek.com
ftp CNAME localgeek.is-a-geek.com
googleffffffff983143ba CNAME google.com
localgeek.us. CNAME localgeek.is-a-geek.com
sports CNAME localgeek.is-a-geek.com