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OpenDNS reveals DNSCrypt, a fundamental and revolutionary improvement to DNS security that encrypts all traffic between OpenDNS and end users.

OpenDNS logs biggest weeks in company history: At 32 billion DNS requests daily, OpenDNS now provides an unprecedented amount of safe, fast, smart, reliable DNS to millions.

OpenDNS + Google launch the Global Internet Speedup and introduce revolutionary technology that changes the way the world receives content. The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Forbes, TIME, Lifehacker and more herald the announcement.

OpenDNS announces a record-shattering 30 million people around the world are now using OpenDNS for a safer, faster, smarter and more reliable Internet. That's nearly 2% of all Internet users worldwide - more than any ISP in the world can claim.

OpenDNS announces its IPv6 DNS Sandbox, the first available public IPv6 recursive DNS service in the world.

OpenDNS adds a datacenter location in Frankfurt, speeding resolution for millions of Internet users across Europe.

CEO David Ulevitch is the exclusive feature of the Sunday New York Times "The Boss" column.

A Singapore datacenter is opened, OpenDNS's 12th datacenter and its first in Asia.

OpenDNS launches OpenDNS for Managed Service Providers, a new sales channel that enables access to OpenDNS for businesses of all sizes around the world.

The World Economic Forum names OpenDNS a 2011 Technology Pioneer, the highest possible honor given to technology companies. CEO David Ulevitch attends the annual Davos conference in 2011 as an invited guest.

OpenDNS announces that it has just experienced its biggest growth week ever, with record numbers of accounts created and Deluxe and Enterprise subscriptions purchased.

The New York Times tech columnist David Pogue publishes a glowing review of OpenDNS, writing that it's "one of the last great freebies of the Web" which will make "your Web life better." He recommends all readers start using OpenDNS.

PhishTank reaches 1 million phishes submitted milestone. Data from PhishTank enables OpenDNS to block 1 million phishing attempts per month, preventing identity theft for people around the world.

OpenDNS introduces FamilyShield, the simplest and most straightforward way for parents to protect kids from the bad stuff online.

OpenDNS announces that 1 in 3 US schools rely on OpenDNS for robust Web content filtering, comprehensive Internet security, phishing protection, and more, all without an appliance and for a significantly lower cost than competing solutions.

OpenDNS, for the first time ever, serves over 26 billion DNS queries in a single day.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announces their adoption of OpenDNS has saved the school district nearly $30,000 and reduced their bandwidth consumption 10%.

The Atlanta Braves pick OpenDNS to secure and speed up their network that spans several locations in the southern US and the Dominican Republic.

Kim Komando, writing in her syndicated CyberSpeak column that appears in USA Today, advocates the use of OpenDNS to speed up old PCs.

OpenDNS announces that 1% of the world's Internet users use OpenDNS for a faster, safer, and more reliable Web experience.

Computerworld Magazine, a leading IT publication, advises all readers: "Switch your company router's DNS resolver to use OpenDNS. Do it right now."

Closing the feature gap between OpenDNS and Blue Coat/Websense, Block Page Bypass is unveiled to meet the content filtering needs of customers around the world.

The Michigan Association of REALTORS, which represents all real estate agents in the state, deploys OpenDNS services enterprise-Wide.

All Gold's Gym healthclub franchises in Texas adopt OpenDNS to improve browsing and secure their networks.

OpenDNS — for the first time ever — successfully answers 21 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period. Then does it again the next day.

Titleserv, one of America's leading insurance companies, operating offices across the country, deploys OpenDNS enterprise-wide and secures its network at the DNS level and gains rich insight into network activity.

Paramount Coffee announces it's saving more than $10,000 per year and increasing employee productivity by switching to OpenDNS subscription services.

OpenDNS Founder and CEO David Ulevitch is awarded SC Magazine's highest honor in the company of security visionaries Peter Norton and John McAfee.

In just two weeks since the services launch to the public, more than 1,500 organizations around the world switch to OpenDNS subscription services Deluxe and Enterprise, freeing themselves of costly filtering appliance maintenance.

OpenDNS changes the game with the newest members of the OpenDNS family — OpenDNS Deluxe and OpenDNS Enterprise — and opens both to early access.

Marking a larger trend, Mississippi Department of Education switches to OpenDNS from filtering-appliance vendor Websense and calls it a "perfect tool for systems administrators."

OpenDNS announces NETGEAR routers, fully equipped with OpenDNS filtering, will hit retail store shelves in mid-September, marking significant progress toward OpenDNS becoming ubiquitous.

OpenDNS announces that for the first time ever, it successfully resolves more than 16 Billion DNS queries for 2 days in a row.

One of the world's largest hotel and resort chains, Pan Pacific, announces it's saving more than $20,000 annually by switching to OpenDNS.

International cosmetics chain LUSH switches to OpenDNS for all U.S. and Canada retail stores.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, the oldest and largest privately-held chain of specialty coffee and tea stores in the United States, switches all locations to OpenDNS.

Specialized Bicycles, the leading U.S. cycling company, switches its headquarters location to OpenDNS.

OpenDNS introduces SmartCache — one of the most significant innovations to the DNS in 25 years — and enables OpenDNS users to access Web sites that are down for the rest of the Internet.

Publications around the globe, including Network World, PC Magazine and USA Today, buzz about OpenDNS's new free Conficker detection service.

OpenDNS for the first time answers more than 10 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period, doubling that number in just 12 months.

Charging through another milestone and proving OpenDNS Web content filtering is competitive with pricey services, OpenDNS announces there are more than 5 million web sites in its system.

Further innovating on the DNS, announces new Botnet Protection feature, protecting millions around the world from the Conficker virus.

OpenDNS and NETGEAR raise the bar on Internet safety, unveil details of a partnership that will deliver OpenDNS-powered parental controls to NETGEAR device owners at no cost.

As of this day, more than 20,000 U.S. schools, including the largest districts, are now using OpenDNS's free Web security solution.

Barreling through another milestone, OpenDNS for the first time successfully answers 9 billion DNS requests in 24 hours.

OpenDNS's PhishTank celebrates two years of phish fighting and a half-million phishes blocked.

Large SoCal company Fanfare Media Works announces it's ditched Websense to switch to OpenDNS. The move saves the company thousands per year.

Another record day for OpenDNS as it answers more than 8 billion DNS requests in 24 hours.

OpenDNS adds a datacenter in Chicago, IL, prompting an influx of new users across the Midwest.

For the first time, OpenDNS successfully answers more than 7 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period.

The City of Nashville, TN announces it is using OpenDNS on its free municipal Wi-Fi network.

Masses of SysAdmins switch to OpenDNS after the announcement that OpenDNS is one of the only DNS services in the world not vulnerable to a major flaw in the Domain Name System.

Regence BlueCross and BlueShield, the largest health insurance provider in the midwest, chooses OpenDNS as its primary web content filtering solution for all 7,000 employees.

OpenDNS's anti-phishing arm, PhishTank, is honored as a Top Product of 2008 by PC World Magazine.

The wildly successful Domain Tagging System surpasses the 1 million domain milestone

Chief Executive David Ulevitch is awarded BusinessWeek Magazine's highest honor when he's recognized as the "most promising entrepreneur under 30."

In a single 24-hour period, OpenDNS handles 5 billion DNS queries with zero downtime.

Domain Tagging, the people-powered security platform that makes keeping networks safe easier than ever before, makes its debut.

The country's largest newspaper, USA Today, recommends OpenDNS for content filtering.

NY-based wireless hotspot provider WiFiFee switches from BlueCoat to OpenDNS for Web content filtering across all of its locations.

OpenDNS announces it has blocked one-quarter million potentially devastating phishing scams for millions of people around the world.

More than 3 million people are now using OpenDNS worldwide — surfing the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliably.

OpenDNS answers its 700 billionth all-time DNS query, with 100 percent uptime.

Salvation Army, the longest-running North American help organization, switches to OpenDNS for all Canada locations.

OpenDNS unveils DNS-O-Matic, a free service aimed at helping users update the dynamic IP addresses assigned by their Internet Service Provider.

OpenDNS answers more than 500 billion all-time DNS queries, with 100 percent uptime.

Windows IT Pro magazine awards OpenDNS "Reader Favorite" recognition.

OpenDNS issues the first PhishTank annual report, evaluating more than 300,000 unique suspected phishing scams. The report concludes U.S. telecoms lead the world in number of phishes hosted on their network(s).

For the first time, OpenDNS logs 3 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period.

OpenDNS barrels through another milestone as it resolves its 300 billionth DNS request — with zero downtime!

OpenDNS lets its users whitelist domains they never want blocked and customize categorical content filtering.

OpenDNS announces it has grown from zero to more than 1 million customers in just over one year serving nearly 2 billion DNS requests per day.

In a review of OpenDNS, PC Magazine awards the service a stellar rating and deems it "utterly reliable."

OpenDNS allows customers to opt out of DNS data collection, marking the first time individuals have been given the choice.

Less than three months after hitting the 100 billion milestone, OpenDNS announces it doubled the number of DNS queries it has handled overall — with zero downtime.

Brian Krebs of the Washington Post calls OpenDNS "ingenious."

Continuing the drum beat of added new features, OpenDNS announces it will let customers block adult sites categorically with help from St. Bernard Software.

OpenDNS announces the largest school district in Mississippi and the Berkeley, Calif. library system are using OpenDNS.

OpenDNS gives SysAdmins what they want and lets them custom block domains on their network — for free.

OpenDNS unveils Shortcuts, forever changing the way people navigate the Internet and making the Internet usable again.

Yahoo! Mail, the world's No. 1 Web mail service, announces it is using PhishTank data to protect all of its customers.

A St. Bernard Software executive is quoted saying, "As a global provider of comprehensive security and hosted office solutions for small and midsize businesses, St. Bernard uses PhishTank to augment its phishing site listings."

Security company Firetrust announces it is using PhishTank data in Sitehound, its browser toolbar.

OpenDNS unveils CacheCheck, the first-ever tool to empower Internet users to independently update a DNS cache.

OpenDNS adds a London server location to better serve customers in Europe, Africa and India.

OpenDNS announces it handles 500 million DNS queries per day.

Opera Software announces Opera 9.1 comes with phishing protection powered by OpenDNS's PhishTank.

Well-respected tech news source Lifehacker.com lists OpenDNS as one of its "Favorite Apps of 2006."

Telecom Italia, Italy's largest ISP, suffers a massive DNS outage, leaving customers without Internet access. Italian newspaper La Repubblica recommends OpenDNS and publishes instructions for switching DNS settings to OpenDNS.

The Mozilla Foundation announces it is using PhishTank data for benchmark testing to compare phishing protection in Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0.

David Pogue of The New York Times declares, "My wife and I are totally loving the new speed. Don't tell OpenDNS, but we even would have paid for it."

PC World columnist Steve Bass calls OpenDNS his "all-time favorite speedup tweak."

OpenDNS launches PhishTank.com, the first community Web site to fight phishing.

OpenDNS announces it handled 1 billion DNS queries in its first month.

OpenDNS, founded by DNS expert David Ulevitch, opens its doors and offers its service to Internet users.