MILESTONE ALERT: OpenDNS Handles More than 1 Trillion DNS Requests While Providing 100 Percent Uptime
World's Largest, Fastest Growing DNS Service Answers Record Number of DNS Queries
Mar 27, 2008 — March 27, 2008 — San Francisco -- OpenDNS, the award-winning DNS provider that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable, today announced it has successfully answered more than 1 trillion DNS queries to date while providing 100 percent uptime for its millions of users. The announcement comes on the heels of the news earlier this month that OpenDNS had answered 5 billion DNS queries in single 24-hour period.
OpenDNS, which launched its service just 18 months ago, has had unprecedented success in its quest to improve the Internet for its users around the globe. Among them is PhishTank, its clearinghouse for phishing information, relied on by such organizations as Yahoo! Mail, McAfee, Mozilla and CareerBuilder, among others. OpenDNS recently announced PhishTank has blocked more than one-quarter million potentially devastating phishing attacks to date. Also among the successes is the Domain Tagging system, the People-Powered Security platform that uses the intelligence of the community to provide industry-leading Web content filtering.
"One trillion -- that’s one followed by twelve zeros -- DNS queries, with no downtime, is cause to celebrate," said OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch. "Our primary objective is and has always been to make the Internet better for our users and we'll continue to regularly deliver service enhancements with that goal in mind."
A roundup of OpenDNS network traffic milestones:
August 8, 2006: OpenDNS announces it handled 1 billion DNS queries in its first month.
December 19, 2006: OpenDNS announces it handles 500 million DNS queries per day.
March 27, 2007: OpenDNS announces it has handled 100 billion DNS queries with zero downtime since its June launch.
June 25, 2007: 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.
August 8, 2007: 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.
August 24, 2007: OpenDNS barrels through another milestone as it resolves its 300 billionth DNS request -- with zero downtime.
September 18, 2007: For the first time, OpenDNS logs 3 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period.
November 7, 2007: OpenDNS answers more than 500 billion all-time DNS queries, with 100 percent uptime.
January 7, 2008: OpenDNS answers its 700 billionth all-time DNS query, with 100 percent uptime.
March 3, 2008: In a single 24-hour period, OpenDNS handles 5 billion DNS queries with zero downtime.
March 27, 2008: OpenDNS hits its biggest milestone to date as it answers its 1 trillionth DNS query.
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS is free to use and makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. Based in San Francisco, the company operates a large distributed network that powers a new kind of recursive DNS (Domain Name System) service that provides all Internet users increased security, reliability and performance. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to building and operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: http://www.opendns.com
OpenDNS, which launched its service just 18 months ago, has had unprecedented success in its quest to improve the Internet for its users around the globe. Among them is PhishTank, its clearinghouse for phishing information, relied on by such organizations as Yahoo! Mail, McAfee, Mozilla and CareerBuilder, among others. OpenDNS recently announced PhishTank has blocked more than one-quarter million potentially devastating phishing attacks to date. Also among the successes is the Domain Tagging system, the People-Powered Security platform that uses the intelligence of the community to provide industry-leading Web content filtering.
"One trillion -- that’s one followed by twelve zeros -- DNS queries, with no downtime, is cause to celebrate," said OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch. "Our primary objective is and has always been to make the Internet better for our users and we'll continue to regularly deliver service enhancements with that goal in mind."
A roundup of OpenDNS network traffic milestones:
August 8, 2006: OpenDNS announces it handled 1 billion DNS queries in its first month.
December 19, 2006: OpenDNS announces it handles 500 million DNS queries per day.
March 27, 2007: OpenDNS announces it has handled 100 billion DNS queries with zero downtime since its June launch.
June 25, 2007: 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.
August 8, 2007: 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.
August 24, 2007: OpenDNS barrels through another milestone as it resolves its 300 billionth DNS request -- with zero downtime.
September 18, 2007: For the first time, OpenDNS logs 3 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period.
November 7, 2007: OpenDNS answers more than 500 billion all-time DNS queries, with 100 percent uptime.
January 7, 2008: OpenDNS answers its 700 billionth all-time DNS query, with 100 percent uptime.
March 3, 2008: In a single 24-hour period, OpenDNS handles 5 billion DNS queries with zero downtime.
March 27, 2008: OpenDNS hits its biggest milestone to date as it answers its 1 trillionth DNS query.
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS is free to use and makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. Based in San Francisco, the company operates a large distributed network that powers a new kind of recursive DNS (Domain Name System) service that provides all Internet users increased security, reliability and performance. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to building and operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: http://www.opendns.com