On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 03:27:10PM -0700, Bob George wrote:
> "Brooks R. Robinson" <chance@scholar.cx> wrote:
>
> > If you want an inexpensive domain name, go to http://www.nic.cx for .cx
> > (Christmas Island) domains. They will do mail forwarding and web site
> > redirection. (This is not intended as an advertisement, please don't bill
> me
> > $1999).
>
> You can also set up sub-domains under either dhs.org (www.dhs.org) or
> fdns.net (www.fdns.net) for free.
Those two are ok for those with mostly static ip addresses. For those of
us with less staticity, here's a list of free dynamic host providers:
www.ods.org
www.ddts.org (they're in the process of changing names, formerly dhis)
www.myip.org
www.dhs.org (the dyndns service)
www.yi.org
www.dyns.cx (i think they're recovering from a cracking attempt...)
www.eyep.net
www.dyndns.org
www.dynodns.net
www.dtdns.net (haven't looked much at this one, asks an insane amount
of info on signup)
There's probably more. Some offer subdomains under multiple names. Most
services have a web form you can use to update your hostname when your
ip address changes, and almost all provide some sort of client program.
i'm (slowly) working on an update daemon that will handle all those
listed above in one program (except ddts, but it will give the ddtcd a
kick in the pants if necessary). One of these days i hope to post it to
sourceforge... i want to finish some semblance of documentation and
packaging first. That and make sure it won't destroy anything.
--
finger for GPG public key.
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