Alternative to OpenDNS?

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I've been using OpenDNS for a few years to try to filter what websites we can/cant see in our household.. But as the kids get smarter they work out ways of bypassing this (for example, moviestarplanet.com is organised under "Games", moviestarplanet.co.uk is under "Chat", moviestarplanet.no is not organised at all.. So they just pick a foreign one.. lol).. Banning everything in "Chat" causes all sorts of problems with Google services, etc.. Also, its taking longer and longer for changes to the banned/allowed list to take effect..

What I am looking for is something like OpenDNS, but that allows wildcards (so in my example above, *moviestarplanet*) and updates quicker when making changes.. Short of running my own DNS server, do you guys have any suggestions?

(PS: It needs to be customizable, not something like Google DNS, etc).

 

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Thanks both, although groovesection was slightly more helpful.

Thats an option, but I've got a few machines (also would like to control tablets, etc, hence a DNS way of doing it would be better/easier), so would need to work out a way of pushing the host file out whenever I want it amended.

I wish the paid for version of OpenDNS would allow this, but I dont believe it does.. It is more for enabling you to add logos to banned-sites screen, etc..

 

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Can you not apply filtering locally at your gateway/router?

I have tried, but every time I enable it on the router I find the internet connection slow down for everything (using a Bebox) - to the degree it is a pita.