[aklug] Re: DynDNS no longer free

I forgot to mention one other dynamic-DNS data point: if you have a domain
with Namecheap, you get free dynamic DNS using hostnames under those
domains.

https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/category.aspx/11/dynamic-dns

Royce

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com> wrote:

> Stuff worth mentioning:
>
> I use ngrok to set up tunnels which is sometimes more useful than a
> dynamic IP. It can be 'self hosted' along with some fun DNS quirks. If
> you want to roll your own tunnel server or use theirs it can be arranged
> either way.
>
> I use CloudFlare for my DNS. They offer a lot of bells and whistles and
> can act as a front end HTTP proxy and SSL handler which is imperative for
> my webworkery. They also have an API so you can quickly update DNS
> entries. It's free if you don't need the SSL bits (and some other stuff).
> It's a great service.. good company IMHO.
>
> I've attempted to use FreeDNS and a few others out there and found them
> very difficult to use. No-IP is very limited and spammy. They love to
> talk to you.. they love to tell you you have limits.
>
> I'd found a few other sites that allowed you to do dynamic DNS but forgot
> to bookmark them. Some had relatively short TLDs which made me happy. I'd
> be super interested in compiling a list if somebody else has started one as
> well.
>
> - Shane
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> * Greg Schmitz <greg@amipa.org> [140408 00:22]:
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > Am I missing something? I run Linux and other things to do things
>> > locally and frankly don't give two shits about what happens in outer
>> > space. Should I shed a tear about DynDNS? I've been on this list for
>> > about a year and really like everybody here - but there seems to be a
>> > bent towards network shit that I could live without. Just say'n. ;)
>> To each his own .... I am closed to the outside world myself, all
>> of my boxes are just workstations, but that doesn't speak for
>> others, like the sysadmins.
>> --
>> Tim
>> tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
>> http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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