CentOS - Jul 2008 - OT: anything in CentOS 5.2 that uses opendns.com when browsing web?

I believe this is completely OT, but I want to be positive. I have a fully
up to date CentOS 5.2 box. During the past week, when surfing with Firefox
(and today, while testing with Konqueror), frequently, especially when DNS
is slow,  I am seeing references to opendns.com  At times, I end up on
opendns.com web pages, instead of at the web site I'm trying to get to.  My
ISP, the phone company, claims this is not coming from their end and that
they are not using opendns.com. I was told they have two (2) DNS servers. I
haven't changed anything in my IPCop Firewall/Router box and my belief is
that this is coming from my ISP or upstream from there. . If using
opendns.com  is something new in CentOS 5.2, please let me know. TIA.
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On Tue, Jul 08, 2008, Lanny Marcus wrote:
>I believe this is completely OT, but I want to be positive. I have a fully
>up to date CentOS 5.2 box. During the past week, when surfing with Firefox
>(and today, while testing with Konqueror), frequently, especially when DNS
>is slow,  I am seeing references to opendns.com  At times, I end up on
>opendns.com web pages, instead of at the web site I'm trying to get to. 
My
>ISP, the phone company, claims this is not coming from their end and that
>they are not using opendns.com. I was told they have two (2) DNS servers. I
>haven't changed anything in my IPCop Firewall/Router box and my belief
is
>that this is coming from my ISP or upstream from there. . If using
>opendns.com  is something new in CentOS 5.2, please let me know. TIA.
I would suggest that you set up your own caching dns server, and don't
depend on your ISP's.

We use dnscache from djbdns, avoiding BIND (Buggy Internet Name Daemon).

Bill
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2008/7/9 Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at
gmail.com>:
> I believe this is completely OT, but I want to be positive. I have a fully
> up to date CentOS 5.2 box. During the past week, when surfing with Firefox
> (and today, while testing with Konqueror), frequently, especially when DNS
> is slow,  I am seeing references to opendns.com  At times, I end up on
> opendns.com web pages, instead of at the web site I'm trying to get to.
My
> ISP, the phone company, claims this is not coming from their end and that
> they are not using opendns.com. I was told they have two (2) DNS servers. I
> haven't changed anything in my IPCop Firewall/Router box and my belief
is
> that this is coming from my ISP or upstream from there. . If using
> opendns.com  is something new in CentOS 5.2, please let me know. TIA.
Could it be that some server you connect to uses opendns' servers for
their own DNS service?
Which web sites are you trying to surf to when you reach OpenDNS?

--Amos