Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:11:08 -0500 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: <questions@freebsd.org>, "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.net> Subject: Re: Secondary DNS or BSD Server space Message-ID: <FF39072A23B842E09D2A7F8CA07F66D0@hermes> References: <200812190253.TAA04241@lariat.net>
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> Everyone: > > We just got word that Neustar, which bought DNS service provider > Nominum a few years ago, is shutting down Nominum's > "secondary.com" service. The service used to provide secondary DNS > for users' zones at no charge. > > I and the other secondary.com users I know think it's reasonable > for the company to charge a small but reasonable fee for the > service instead of keeping it running for free. But alas, Neustar > is getting greedy. The only alternative they offer is a $50-a-month > "managed DNS" service, which we don't want or need. (We're fine > maintaining our own master servers and zones; we just need a slave > to use as a secondary.) So, we're looking for alternatives. > > Does anyone on this list know of a good, BSD-based service which > offers reasonably priced secondary DNS? Or reasonably priced > servers at a server farm, where I and others can set up a secondary DNS > server? There was a thread on this just the other day here. Not sure if they are BSD-based, but both dyndns.org and zoneedit.com offser secondary service for practically nothing. -- Matt Emmerton
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