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Re: [OT] alternative to dnsdynamic.com?



On 24/11/2014 14:23, Ron Leach wrote:


First, If you are looking for (1) a free domain name with (2) the
capability to automatically update the dns record whenever the IP
address of a host changes, such as the dyndns free service previously
did, then I wonder if it may be possible to

1. use a free domain name from here:

http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en

which is managed by Freenom, who also have 3 other TLDs to select from:

http://www.freenom.com/en/freeandpaiddomains.html

and

2. if you are good with scripts, whether it may also be possible to
use a script to update the dns records in either
(a) the DNS servers managed by Freenom for you domain, or
(b) some DNS servers managed by yourself (though I am not sure you
could run a DNS server on an IP that itself may be dynamically changing)

When I looked last at .tk (when dyndns stopped being free) I could not
see how to update the dns records dynamically from my own host, but
there may be some better guidance around, these days.


While checking around to see if much had changed since I last looked, I see that Wikipedia reports some unease around the usefulness of .tk, so the service may not be suitable for your requirements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tk

I've never used them, so I don't have any actual experience to offer.

regards, Ron



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