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Re: DynDNS ends free services
#102Is anyone here hosting their own dyndns setup?
Yes, I did (and will do again).
Previously I used bind/named for a subdomain, something like d.someshortdomainofmine.tld for a dynamic namespace and updated entries below with a cronjob calling
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Route 53 is also really cheap if you're an AWS kind of guy/gal for 50 cents a domain. The usage charges are beyond low (think 1 cent) for smaller sites.
Has anyone compared Route53 with the new Google Cloud DNS? https://developers.google.com/cloud-dns/ I'm interested in differences feature-wise.
I havent seen a point by point comparison. Feature set, and even the API, are basically identical for now.
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#104Alternatives 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.
Also a user of this. Never had a problem with it. Have contributed to the third party scripts. Hope it never goes away!
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#105Alternatives 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.
Also a user of this. Never had a problem with it. Have contributed to the third party scripts. Hope it never goes away!
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#106I 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.
It's not fear of backdoors that make me run a specific router.
If I want free wifi access around the country (via BT Openzone) then I need to run BT's router (which includes the magic to run a separate managed public Wifi access point via BT Fon).
It's annoying, but I can live with it (especially when they get around to upgrading my cabinet to FTTC and I get 60Mbps/20Mbps).
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#107dyndns 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.
I have, purely because it was easier (in the last few months) to just keep clicking on a button every 14 days or so[1] than to do all the work to find out what free DNS solutions my router supports, updating the configs (or implementing a cronjob/API call) and then finding everywhere I've buried my dyndns address so that it can use the new one.
Of course I'll have to do that work now, but you never know if Dyn will change their mind so I'll hold out until right near the bitter end.
A single IP of my home router just isn't worth $25 a year IMHO. There are plenty of other companies that offer the service for free so I'll just leave Dyn with (a probably undeserved[2]) negative opinion of them for kicking me out.
1. It was hardly difficult, they sent you a reminder each time that contained the link to click on!
2. Not entirely sure how long I've used Dyn for, the earliest email I can find is one about my host expiring back in February 2006.
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#108Alternatives 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.
I use it as the DNS for my domains actually love that service.
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel sorry for people whose routers aren't running OpenWRT, PFSense, or some other easily upgradable modern firmware that's free of backdoors.
It's not fear of backdoors that make me run a specific router. If I want free wifi access around the country (via BT Openzone) then I need to run BT's router (which includes the magic to run a separate managed public Wifi access point via BT Fon). It's annoying, but I can live with it (especially when they get around to upgrading my cabinet to FTTC and I get 60Mbps/20Mbps).
I'm in the same situation, but my FON router sits behind my main router and isolated from my internal network. It still shares Internet access just fine :)
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#110great posts here. marking it for later
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