Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:36:30 -0700 From: Joe Lewis <joe@joe-lewis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIND Message-ID: <4019D13E.9030604@joe-lewis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040130031223.GS3224@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> References: <FEB14BE6-52B2-11D8-B10E-000A95CCF8C4@san.rr.com> <20040130031223.GS3224@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com>
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Saint Aardvark the Carpeted wrote: >Evan Sayer disturbed my sleep to write: > > >>Wondering if there is a way to configure BIND to automatically update a >>dynamic ip within your own dns? If not, can anyone recommend a good >>simple client? >> >> > >Depends...are you talking about a DNS server that you're running? >Google turns up this page as the first hit: > > http://dag.wieers.com/howto/bits/bind-ddns.php > >It's based on RedHat Linux, but the principle is the same and it looks >like it should be easy to FreeBSD-ize. > It is easily done with FreeBSD. I had it set up on a home network, doing DHCP to update the DNS with the hostname of the client when activated. That way, it was easier to network test certain devices. Do a "man bind" (I think that's the man page, can't recall for sure, but it is there somewhere). >This is assuming that you're talking about updating a BIND server that >you control; if you're talking about updating something like >"myplace.dyndns.org", or some other similar service, you'll want to >check with them to see what they recommend. > That is true. If you control BIND, the world is your playground. You might also want to take a look at SQLBIND, as it is BIND after being patched to run off of a database. That could open up more options if you wish. >>Also my isp is roadrunner, and they say that they don't >>allow web services to be run on dynamic ips. Do they mean that they >>block the ports literally or does it just mean they frown upon it? >> It means they aren't going to allow dynamic DNS updates to their DNS servers. I work for an ISP, and the last thing I want to do is open up the DNS for dynamic updates. That becomes a security nightmare. Joe Lewis
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