From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 5 8: 3:24 2003 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 D297A37B401 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:03:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F42843F85 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:03:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd-q@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h25G3MxY084148; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:03:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from stable@ei.bzerk.org) Received: (from stable@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h25G3MGE084147; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:03:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:03:22 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Kirk Strauser Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I run my own Dynamic DNS server for private use ?? Message-ID: <20030305160322.GA83942@ei.bzerk.org> References: <20030304212550.22887.h009.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> <87heahrhy8.fsf@strauser.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87heahrhy8.fsf@strauser.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:44:47AM -0600, Kirk Strauser typed: > At 2003-03-05T05:25:50Z, jdroflet@canada.com writes: > > > To make support/access easier can I set up my own Dynamic DNS server on > > the static address and have those remotes register their IP's with it when > > they change ? Thanks in Advance -Jay. > > Sure! You'll want to install the net/bind9 port (which is an easy upgrade > From the BIND 8 that ships with FreeBSD). Google for "nsupdate TSIG"; > `nsupdate' is the program that your clients will run to update their DNS > entries, and `TSIG' is the authentication system that BIND uses to verify > that the reguest is from a legitimate party. Is it absolutely necessary to use BIND9? After all, nsupdate and dnskeygen are allready in the base system. I was planning to start playing with this myself soon, but not if it involves upgrading bind. Ruben > -- > Kirk Strauser > In Googlis non est, ergo non est. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message