Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 11:36:49 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Dynamic DNS Message-ID: <199809182336.LAA08847@witch.xtra.co.nz>
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I've been reading up on Dynamic DNS, which is useful if you have a dynamic IP but still want to run a website, FTP server, mail server, etc. Many people using ADSL or cable modems have IP addresses assigned via DHCP. Dynamic DNS, in simple terms, allows you to update your DNS entries dynamically. When you get a new IP, you update the DNS entries. Not perfect. But close. I've been looking at a few setups. Most assign you a domain name which hangs off their domain (for examples, see http://detour.net/, http://www.ml.org/, etc). A few (http://www.ddns.org/, http://www.dnswiz.com/index.htm, https://dyndns.com/) allow you to host your own domain. To my knowledge, the public DNS (http://soa.granitecanyon.com/) doesn't provide a dynamic service but I see no reason why you couldn't write code to do it for you. What dynamic DNS services have you used? Any recommendations? -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - my [mis]adventures http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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