DNS Filtering

DNS Filtering—Great so Far!

In mid-2023, we rolled out DNS filtering to ourselves, then when we saw the results, to our clients. In our November 2023 newsletter, we shared a little about this service and what it does. It’s officially part of our service offering to all our fully managed clients.

In summary Domain Name System (DNS) filtering blocks malicious, harmful, or forbidden websites and applications so they cannot be loaded or accessed. There are some deep filters and protocols available; quite powerful.

Dan shared some recent stats: In 24 hours, one day (!), DNS filter processed over 6.73 million DNS requests, blocked 577,000, and identified and blocked 8,300 threats, across 732 nodes that we protect.

At the recent industry conference we attended, we were very impressed with the performance so far, and very excited to see the road map for this service. A game-changer! – CMW