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Originally Posted by Chicago Sandy
What about those of us retired Luddites who aren't in a corporate environment or even on a VPN and therefore don't face (or potentially cause) the same dangers?
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You can buy 1-2 Cisco Umbrella software licenses and get everything and more than you got when before Cisco acquired OpenDNS.
Think of it as a layer of protection that is before your computer or before anything's under your roof - stops threats before then can reach you. Umbrella uses DNS to stop threats over all ports and protocols — even direct-to-IP connections. There is also a function that stops the call back to malicious command and control networks.
I remember it back to around 2005-6 and it started ad supported or some free and some fee features. Cisco bought it a few years ago and I've been just as happy with it and appreciating more polish and features.
Most people think of end point, file based and firewalls for security. This adds a network layer where their DNS servers filter bad, spoofed and compromised stuff.
Some would call it overkill. Others not.