Cisco Buying OpenDNS for $683 Million

[drmike]

OpenDNS, that nimble DNS lookup service some here use and many more probably have in the past is selling out.

Cisco is the buyer, price $683 million.

More details over here:

http://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-security-news

and

https://www.opendns.com/cisco-opendns/

 

[fatboy]

To be honest, think this could be one of the better mergers that have happened in a while........now watch it go tits up!

 

[wlanboy]

Just thinking about the free DNS servers from HE.NET.

Sometimes Corp money helps.

 

[Francisco]

To be honest, think this could be one of the better mergers that have happened in a while........now watch it go tits up!

OpenDN$

Francisco

 

[telephone]

OpenDN$

Cisco firmware will default to OpenDN$.