DynDNS ends free services • Hacker News Board

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by jarus » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 9:43 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #15

recently, I think thru a show HN post on here, I discovered and started using http://hopper.pw . works great/some c00l commandline features etc

I'm using it and it works very well. You can also add custom domains if your dns server supports the nsupdate API.

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by darklajid » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #6

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

Given that I just left gandi after 2 days: Please be sure that you want to do business with them and that you've thoroughly checked their offerings.

I'm kinda guilty on part two and can answer part one with a resounding 'no'.

Their no bullshit claim didn't apply here, I cannot and won't recommend them.

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by eridius » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:01 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.

I use https://freedns.afraid.org/. I appreciate that they support a URL that you can cURL, but I've never actually needed that, as Comcast never changes my IP address (although they're allowed to do so, I've had the same address for at least 3 years). Personally, I just use a subdomain on one of the domains they manage, and use a CNAME on my own domain to point to that.

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by eridius » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:02 PM UTC

darklajid wrote: post #52

nodata wrote: post #6

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

Given that I just left gandi after 2 days: Please be sure that you want to do business with them and that you've thoroughly checked their offerings. I'm kinda guilty on part two and can answer part one with a resounding 'no'. Their no bullshit claim didn't apply here, I cannot and won't recommend them.

Can you elaborate? I own 2 domains through them and have been nothing but happy with them so far.

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by StavrosK » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:08 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 ;)

I decided to switch to Namecheap just for this feature. Their domain interface isn't fantastic (it's good enough), but it allows me to consolidate all my DNS management there, plus I don't have to use extra services to update my hostnames, AND ddclient supports their API directly.

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by StavrosK » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:09 PM UTC

eridius wrote: post #54

darklajid wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that I just left gandi after 2 days: Please be sure that you want to do business with them and that you've thoroughly checked their offerings. I'm kinda guilty on part two and can answer part one with a resounding 'no'. Their no bullshit claim didn't apply here, I cannot and won't recommend them.

Can you elaborate? I own 2 domains through them and have been nothing but happy with them so far.

I have two domains with them as well and can't complain, but their UI doesn't exactly shout "trustworthy".

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by Yetanfou » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:11 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #6

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

Gandi also offers free primary DNS. This in itself is nice, but even better is the fact that they have an API to update said DNS. This makes it possible to implement your own dynamic DNS without the need to cname through a third party dynamic dns provider. Just add a simple script to your router, run it at regular intervals (cron is your friend here) and you're set. You'll need an API key for this, these can be had for free through the dashboard.

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by specialp » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:16 PM UTC

Hurricane electric offers free dynDNS, free DNS, and also free IPv6 tunneling. https://dns.he.net/ You can even set up an IPv6 tunnel for a dynamic IP and have it update dynamically.

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by scuba7183 » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:18 PM UTC

zdw wrote: post #21

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #2

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

I feel sorry for people whose routers aren't running OpenWRT, PFSense, or some other easily upgradable modern firmware that's free of backdoors.

Unfortunately many (including mine) are not compatible

Re: DynDNS ends free services

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Post by lftl » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 10:21 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 ;)

I know it's not strictly NameCheap's fault, but I moved all my DNS off of their servers after the recent DDOS had them down for hours.