From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 29 11:55:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF0A16A41C for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 11:55:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zlists@mgm51.com) Received: from sentry.24cl.com (174.113.sn.ct.dsl.thebiz.net [216.238.113.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7FAF43D1D for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 11:55:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zlists@mgm51.com) Received: from winbloat (unknown [10.0.0.41]) by sentry.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 061D7BA2DB for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 07:55:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <200505290755210111.00470FB6@sentry.24cl.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Courier 3.50.00.09.1098 (http://www.rosecitysoftware.com) (K) Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 07:55:21 -0400 From: "MikeM" To: "freebsd-questions" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: Dynamic Hosting Recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 11:55:22 -0000 On 5/28/2005 at 8:33 PM Gerard Seibert wrote: |My cable company wants $25. a month just for a static IP address. |Personally, I think that is ridiculous. | |I have been looking for a solution. One I found was TZO, |< http://www.tzo.com >. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with |them? | |If someone can recommend another service, I would be glad to look into it. | ============= One more comment, if your cable company blocks incoming port 80, then use zoneedit's web forwarding service to forward www.example.com to myhostondsl.example.com:234 btw, zoneedit is free for up to 5 domains. And one more comment... zoneedit supports https to update the dynamic IP address. I use the lynx text-based browser and just specify zoneedit's update URL with https instead of http. That way I don't send my zoneedit account and password across the net in plain text.