dyndns has been getting progressively more hostile to free users for years. I thought it was ridiculous years ago when I switched to no-ip.org, I'm surprised that anyone has held on this long.
DynDNS ends free services
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#12Alternatives 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.
I've just signed up with https://www.dtdns.com as replacement for dyn - seems ok so far and my router supports it
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#13What 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.
if you just need DNS: cloudflare. if you want the dynamic IP redirection that DynDNS offers: check out NoIP. My favorite alternative.
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#14I feel sorry for those people who have routers that only have built-in support for DynDNS. :(
That's where curl-based solutions are nice. Local cron job and done.
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#15recently, I think thru a show HN post on here, I discovered and started using http://hopper.pw. works great/some c00l commandline features etc
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#16For 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 ;)
On top of that they let you do it for free even if they aren't your registrar.
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#17dyndns has been getting progressively more hostile to free users for years. I thought it was ridiculous years ago when I switched to no-ip.org, I'm surprised that anyone has held on this long.
Yea dunno why I held on so long with their annoying monthly or whatever 'click here to keep account active' email (with subsequent upsell)
Moved to dtdns.com now - its free..
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#18I started paying them a couple years ago for my DynDNS service, and have had no trouble in that time. I'm glad they chose to keep the service rather than shutting it down. And I'm especially glad to see them charging a small fee for a valuable service, rather than running it for free: https://blog.pinboard.in/2011/12/don_t_be_a_free_user/
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#19dyndns has been getting progressively more hostile to free users for years. I thought it was ridiculous years ago when I switched to no-ip.org, I'm surprised that anyone has held on this long.
What hostility or ridiculousness did you see?
I've been on Dyn forever, as a free user to keep a host entry for one remote, nonprofit dynamic-IP server. Starting exactly a year ago, once per month they sent me an email with a link I'd click to keep my free hostname(s) active. Seemed reasonable.
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#20dyndns has been getting progressively more hostile to free users for years. I thought it was ridiculous years ago when I switched to no-ip.org, I'm surprised that anyone has held on this long.
When companies stop focusing on innovation, they start focusing on the bottom line so anything without a easily visible revenue stream gets cut.
aka short-sighted thinking is the final stage of most business before sale to the chop shop.