CNT Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 What is OpenDNS.com ? Of course, I browse in that website... still trying to understand this. Is this OpenDNS.com for registering a domain name? If yes, is it free? Is it also a webhosting? I tried looking for the offical DNS registering website, where is that? I did understood surface about DNS and ICANN, but now I am litle confused. Can WHOIS be controled without paying for it. I am just learning that I have to "point my domain to" webhosting. What is that called? routing? I am not only looking for "free" stuff. I just want to understand what/where I am entitled to get a domain in offically prices. I understand there is a tiny automatically charge for ICANN. At this point, I want to leave the website that I paid my domain at (reason is if doing email from PHP, the email shows the website). I guess, to make this "simplier" for me, what is OpenDNS.com? I like to know little more about this before I actually create a account with them. It is my understanding that I need two things: (1) a DNS (a domain name) and (2) a webhost (where my website would be) and those two can be from seperate places (or "all-eggs-in-one-basket"). A webhost is, of course, a paid place (while some offer free hosting) or can have own's web server (I am not there yet... I am seriously thinking about it just to learn from it, try out for a year to see if it's worth it). Lastly, I hope this is the right place for this... Web Servers. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 OpenDNS provide a free DNS server for end users to use. Have you looked at the settings that your Internet service provider sets? There's your IP, a subnet mask, a gateway and... wait for it.... one or more DNS servers.Instead of using the DNS server your ISP has made you use, you can use OpenDNS' servers.They have some payed services, whereby you can register your IP, and block access to certain domains on it. This is useful for schools for example, where the admin will initially set OpenDNS' servers and filter out, say, porn sites, so that students don't look at that... while in class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNT Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 I tried looking for the offical DNS registering website, where is that?Are all domain at a price? Where you guys get your domains? Once again, where is the DNS offical website? OpenDNS, I get it now. I didn't there was such a DNS server over the internet. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I tried looking for the offical DNS registering website, where is that?The closest thing to an official DNS site is ICANN, but they are not a place to register domains. They are instead the people who manage/orchestrate/license the people who you buy domains from.Are all domain at a price?All domains in the form of "domain.something" (e.g. example.org, w3schools.com), yes.Where you guys get your domains?From any domain register. All of them are, directly or indirectly, blessed by ICANN, so a domain you buy from one company will be visible to the whole world.Just google "domain register" and you'll find many companies that offer such services (and there are much more such companies).I didn't there was such a DNS server over the internet.What did you think happens when you type in an address (domain) in your browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNT Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 What did you think happens when you type in an address (domain) in your browser?That OpenDNS.com is for home network, not for DNS of the world. Right? Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 That OpenDNS.com is for home network, not for DNS of the world. Right? ChuckAny publicly accessible server can be used as both, and in the case of OpenDNS, they're just that - intended for home use across the whole world.The point is that with the DNS protocol in general, when you type a name, this name needs to be translated into an IP by some DNS server. It could be your ISP's DNS servers, or it could be OpenDNS' servers, and you can specify which you prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNT Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 The point is that with the DNS protocol in general, when you type a name, this name needs to be translated into an IP by some DNS server. It could be your ISP's DNS servers, or it could be OpenDNS' servers, and you can specify which you prefer.So, if I had a home Web Server, then I would use the OpenDNS.com... I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 So, if I had a home Web Server, then I would use the OpenDNS.com... I see.Not quite.OpenDNS is a DNS server that clients ask about a domain-to-IP translation.If you have a web server, and want to get a domain name for it, you need to buy the name, and then point it to your DNS server. This DNS server can be on the same machine as your web server, or a different one. Your DNS server is where other DNS servers like OpenDNS get their information from. It is there that you specify the domain-to-IP translation for your domain(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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