MILESTONE ALERT: OpenDNS Handles More than 7 Billion DNS Requests While Providing 100 Percent Uptime

World's Largest, Fastest Growing DNS Service Answers Record Number of DNS Queries in 24-Hour Period

August 4, 2008; 06:08 AM

San Francisco -- OpenDNS, the award-winning navigation service that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable, today announced it has for the first time successfully answered more than 7 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period while providing 100 percent uptime. The announcement comes on the heels of the news that OpenDNS was one of only three DNS providers that are not now, nor were ever vulnerable to the major DNS cache poisoning threat found by security researcher Dan Kaminsky.

OpenDNS, which launched its service 24 months ago, has had unprecedented success in its quest to improve the Internet. With millions of users at tens of thousands of businesses, schools and households around the globe, OpenDNS is making the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable than ever before.

"When we launched our service two years ago we were thrilled to successfully answer 1 billion DNS queries in our first month," said OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch. "Today we celebrate answering 7 billion DNS queries in a single day. Our unprecedented growth is proof that people around the globe want a better Internet. Unbundling your DNS from your ISP-provided Internet connection and switching to OpenDNS is the absolute easiest way to achieve a safer, faster, smarter and more reliable Internet.”

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.

July 31, 2008: OpenDNS for the first time answers 7 billion DNS queries in a single 24-hour period.

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

Source: www.opendns.com