OpenDNS
E33848
OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OpenDNS canonical | 3 |
| OpenDNS FamilyShield | 1 |
| OpenDNS Home | 1 |
| OpenDNS Umbrella | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T261166 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenDNS Context triple: [Cisco Systems, hasSubsidiary, OpenDNS]
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A.
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed naming infrastructure of the internet that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses used by computers.
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B.
DHCP
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network management protocol that automatically assigns IP addresses and other configuration parameters to devices on an IP network.
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C.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Google Fiber
Google Fiber is a high-speed broadband internet and television service provider that offers gigabit fiber-optic connectivity to residential and business customers in select U.S. cities.
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E.
Domain Name System root zone
The Domain Name System root zone is the top-level, authoritative directory of the internet’s domain name hierarchy, mapping top-level domains to their corresponding name servers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenDNS Target entity description: OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
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A.
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed naming infrastructure of the internet that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses used by computers.
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B.
DHCP
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network management protocol that automatically assigns IP addresses and other configuration parameters to devices on an IP network.
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C.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Google Fiber
Google Fiber is a high-speed broadband internet and television service provider that offers gigabit fiber-optic connectivity to residential and business customers in select U.S. cities.
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E.
Domain Name System root zone
The Domain Name System root zone is the top-level, authoritative directory of the internet’s domain name hierarchy, mapping top-level domains to their corresponding name servers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloud-delivered DNS service provider
ⓘ
internet security company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| acquisitionAmountUSD | 635000000 ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| brandOf | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deploymentModel | cloud-based ⓘ |
| foundedBy | David Ulevitch ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Francisco, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco
|
| industry |
Domain Name System services
ⓘ
internet security ⓘ network security ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
anycast DNS network
ⓘ
category-based web filtering ⓘ cloud-delivered DNS infrastructure ⓘ custom block and allow lists ⓘ malware domain blocking ⓘ phishing site blocking ⓘ policy-based controls per network or user ⓘ usage reporting and statistics ⓘ |
| offersProduct |
OpenDNS FamilyShield
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenDNS
OpenDNS Home ⓘ
linked to:
OpenDNS
OpenDNS Umbrella ⓘ
linked to:
OpenDNS
|
| parentOrganization | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| protocolUsed | DNS ⓘ |
| providesProtectionAgainst |
botnet command-and-control domains
ⓘ
inappropriate web content ⓘ malware distribution sites ⓘ phishing attacks ⓘ |
| securityApproach | DNS-layer security ⓘ |
| serviceType |
DNS analytics
ⓘ
DNS-based web filtering ⓘ content filtering ⓘ enterprise network security ⓘ malware protection ⓘ parental controls ⓘ phishing protection ⓘ recursive DNS resolution ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
educational institutions
ⓘ
home users ⓘ large enterprises ⓘ service providers ⓘ small and medium businesses ⓘ |
| useCase |
enforcing acceptable use policies
ⓘ
protecting enterprise networks ⓘ protecting users from malicious domains ⓘ securing roaming users ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OpenDNS Description of subject: OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: OpenDNS
linked to: OpenDNS
linked to: OpenDNS