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Show HN: zzzz.io, a free DynDNS replacement I created on the weekend

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Re: Show HN: zzzz.io, a free DynDNS replacement I created on the weekend

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What does "not accessed" mean? One could write a script that would log in every month or so, click around (very carefully of course ;) ) and logout. How would they know the difference?

As a matter of fact, that's what I was doing to bypass DynDNS limitations: running a PhantomJS script via cron once every week to login, click around and logout. But it is a tiny hassle anyway. Much better to stick around with a service that does not have these annoyances.

And that's just what I did with https://github.com/kopf/dyndns-autologin . A few months later, they discontinued the free service altogether.

Somewhat sadly, it was my github project that seemed at times to garner the most interest from outside, even though it was just a shoddy python script thrown together in a 10 minute cigarette break at work.

Re: Show HN: zzzz.io, a free DynDNS replacement I created on the weekend

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"created on the weekend" is not very reassuring. Why would you tout that (if you wanted users vs showing off)?

I don't want to sound off-hand, but - what are you worried about? The application is basically a thin layer in front of AWS's Route 53. All user data is stored safely and securely. Are you just as suspicious of popular applications that sprang up from hackdays?

I use to use DynDNS to access my POS terminal at my retail store. Dynamic dns is frequently an important tool so, yes, I would be very wary of using a hackaday production of it.
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