As you may know, changing your computers or mobile device’s DNS server to Google Public DNS or OpenDNS can render webpages more fastly and prevent browsing bottlenecks. I had written many articles on this subject in previous articles, here is how to change your Chromebook’s DNS sever to Google Public DNS.
We have been using secure, public DNS services like OpenDNS for years now instead of our ISP’s DNS for secure and faster web browsing, but, unfortunately, the underlying DNS protocol has not been secure enough. There have been numerous examples of man-in-the-middle attacks, and snooping of DNS traffic. In order to tackle this issue OpenDNS has introduced a new solution called DNSCrypt.
OpenDNS and Google Public DNS are the two most popular DNS servers and can be used as an alternative to your ISP’s DNS for faster and secure web surfing. (OpenDNS has providing excellent security using DNS for years now). I had written many articles on this subject in previous articles, here is how to change DNS server manually in Samsung Galaxy Ace android phone.
You may know how to change DNS server in your computer. Changing your DNS server to either OpenDNS or Google Public DNS can help prevent browsing bottleneck and display pages more quickly. However, changing DNS sever in Android phone is not as easy as in a PC. Here is how you can simply do that in Android to speed up your browsing.
Most popular Web browsers today have proven to be fairly secure and users can take some extra steps to beef up security and privacy while using them. Comodo Dragon is a Chromium based free browser produced by the popular security company Comodo that offers some added security and privacy features without any extra software and make your browsing more secure.
ClearCloud is a new initiative from Sunbelt Software that offers a safe internet surfing. It is a DNS service; if implemented on your PC, it will filters out malicious website.
ClearCloud will check every web address your computer is trying to access – when you’re browsing the internet, clicking a link in an email, or a program trying to access the internet for update – and blocks if a malicious activity found.