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    #32
    jonski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,389 ✭✭✭jonski


    unwyse wrote: »
    im an idiot on the technical side of things but my question is this, is it safe to change from eircom to opendns,by this i mean can your system be hacked or can spyware or worse, be installed by neer do wells? i actually have managed to change following some excellent tutorage on boards.ie but im a bit worried.


    I have been following the thread in the BB section and I can't really see any great downside to using Opendns . I certainly wouldn't be worried about hackers or spyware because I was using it . It really just acts like a phone book .... you type in www.google.ie in your browser it goes to the dns and says " oi! , whats the IP number for that " the dns gives it the number and off it goes . Thats my limited understanding of it anyway .


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    #33
    grenache
    Registered Users Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭grenache


    Having problems today alright, website not found, etc. Good to see i'm not the only one.


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    #34
    Iang87
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Iang87


    nope no problems for me.

    odd one posting about broadband problems on the INTERNET


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    #35
    Kess73
    Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Eircom gave an announcement on local and national news this morning saying it was a hack attempt and/or huge volumes that caused the problems over the last few weeks, and that in the Limerick area normal service was resumed just after 23:00 last night.


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    #36
    Barrypr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Barrypr


    Ya there DNS servers were ddos'ed twice this week, good option might be to use opendns servers.


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