Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:15:33 -0800 From: "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Secondary DNS or BSD Server space Message-ID: <57d710000812191015k4d9a80a6nd142c867084d92fa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <FF39072A23B842E09D2A7F8CA07F66D0@hermes> References: <200812190253.TAA04241@lariat.net> <FF39072A23B842E09D2A7F8CA07F66D0@hermes>
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> wrote: >> 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. > I'm %99 sure that dyndns.org is FBSD based. I've been using them for a while now and am quite happy with them too. if you check out their jobs board there are openings for FreeBSD engineers: http://dynamicnetworkservices.com/jobs-hiring -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group
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