Controlling access to name service for a domain name system

A computing system for directing access to content, the computing system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory holding a data structure that associates IP addresses for network content servers with domain names;
• and
• one or more modules configured for execution on the processor in order to cause the computing system to:
• receive requests for content from a plurality of network-connected computing devices, each of the requests comprising a domain name;
• determine for ones of the requests a network address based on associations of respective domain names in the requests to network addresses in the domain name data structure, wherein the network address comprises at least one of an IP address and a redirected domain name;
• and
• respond to the requests by providing the network addresses to requesting ones of the plurality of network devices.

A tangible computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a computing system, requests for content from a plurality of network-connected computing devices, each of the requests comprising a domain name, wherein the computing system is operably associated with a memory holding a data structure that associates IP addresses for network content servers with domain names;
• determining for ones of the requests a network address based on an associations of respective domain names in the requests to network addresses in the data structure, wherein the network address comprises at least one of an IP address and a redirected domain name;
• and
• responding to the requests by providing the network addresses to requesting ones of the plurality of network devices.