DynDNS ends free services

#1

Post by leeoniya » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:18 PM UTC

DynDNS ends free services
linktracking.dyn.com

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#2

Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:50 PM UTC

I feel sorry for those people who have routers that only have built-in support for DynDNS. :(

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#3

Post by skrowl » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:51 PM UTC

For what it's worth, if you use namecheap.com as your DNS registrar then you have this type of service already for free.

If you don't use namecheap, then you're doing it wrong ;)

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#4

Post by dewey » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:53 PM UTC

Alternatives I switched to a while ago:

- https://freedns.afraid.org/

- https://ydns.eu/

What I like about these two is that you are able to update the IP by just curl'ing a certain URL, which works great in combination with a cronjob.

Edit: It looks like OP submitted the tracking URL from the newsletter, his ID is probably going to stick out in their analytics.

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#5

Post by bits » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:56 PM UTC

What DNS hosting providers can you recommend?

Preferably with an API or other means to programmatically make changes to zones. Bonus points for SRV and TXT records support.

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#6

Post by nodata » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:57 PM UTC

http://en.gandi.net/ offers free secondary dns with all domains you buy/renew through them.

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#7

Post by nbody » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:57 PM UTC

dewey wrote: post #4

Alternatives I switched to a while ago: - https://freedns.afraid.org/ - https://ydns.eu/ What I like about these two is that you are able to update the IP by just curl'ing a certain URL, which works great in combination with a cronjob. Edit: It looks like OP submitted the tracking URL from the newsletter, his ID is probably going to stick out in their analytics.

Personally I use https://www.noip.com

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#8

Post by pmh » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:58 PM UTC

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7546300

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#9

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 7:58 PM UTC

skrowl wrote: post #3

For what it's worth, if you use namecheap.com as your DNS registrar then you have this type of service already for free. If you don't use namecheap, then you're doing it wrong ;)

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#10

Post by korzun » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 8:00 PM UTC

dewey wrote: post #4

Alternatives I switched to a while ago: - https://freedns.afraid.org/ - https://ydns.eu/ What I like about these two is that you are able to update the IP by just curl'ing a certain URL, which works great in combination with a cronjob. Edit: It looks like OP submitted the tracking URL from the newsletter, his ID is probably going to stick out in their analytics.

Another vote for https://freedns.afraid.org, the guy who runs it is a great dude.