DNS Poisoning and alternative DNS services
January 3rd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
The organisation that i Represent (Symantec, Norton) has released a free DNS Service for users (with no regards to their current choice of provider) in regards to provide an alternative service provider to your offerings.
The services are described as: Norton DNS is a service that provides faster and more reliable web browsing with basic security. It doesn’t require a client. You can enable Norton DNS at your router, to protect all the devices in your home, or you can use Norton DNS on individual computers.
Many of us use the service provided by our ISP (in my case Bredbandsbolaget) in Sweden, whom i in general are satisfied with as a supplier. But once in a while, there are sites which i would have preferred a different response (while surfing to) and i would like not to be forced to live by all rules that are being placed in front of my by BB and the Swedish Government.
The services does not require you to install software or others, basically you can change it at your computer, router level or where you find convenient. A sound rule of advise, if you do not know the benefit / changes that you impose, do not proceed. 
If you wish to learn more about the drawbacks and potential risk about DNS Poisioning, please read here.
