Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 05:33:18 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: <rakhesh@cse.iitd.ernet.in>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hosting my own domain. Message-ID: <15094.31214.636801.776965@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <p05100315b71b942acf75@[10.0.1.2]> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10105070020580.10749-100000@ahiri.cse.iitd.ernet.in> <p05100315b71b942acf75@[10.0.1.2]>
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Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> types: > At 12:32 AM +0530 5/7/01, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > > Suppose I choose to forgo running a name server and use some dynamic name > > services, then can I have subdomains like www or www2 etc ? > No, not really. If you use a dynamic name service, you're going > to get assigned something like rakesh.dyndns.org as your domain name, > and since your IP address will change each time you dial-in (and > you'll have to go through some sort of additional process to register > with your dynamic DNS provider to tell them what your new IP address > is), this means that you can't host your own domain (beyond what is > assigned to you), you can't have subdomains (because you aren't > running your own nameserver), etc.... I'm not familiar with dyndns, but tzo.com (which is a commercial service) points *any* reference to your TLD at your one IP address. So I can set up www & www2 as name-based virtual hosts. I could even set up www.mike.mired.org as such a server, and gee, look - the MX for mail.mike.mired.org already points to mail.mired.org, so I can use my mail servers virtual domain system to sort out mail for that. > If you use a dynamic DNS service, you pretty much give up all > that. Yes, you could receive mail addressed to > user@rakesh.dyndns.org, and you could have your own machine set up to > handle all this mail (although you'd want to register with someone > that has a full-time connection to the 'net to serve as a backup MX > for you), but that would be about it. Unless you already have a full-time connection, that is. > If you want more control than this, then you have to be willing > to pay more money for it. It's certainly true that tzo.com doesn't give you much control - but they do let you use any name in your domain name space, and you do have to pay for it. They are really designed for the case where you have one dynamic IP address, and just point everything at that. I suspect you could get a bit more flexibility if you had more than one - and were willing to pay more - but I haven't investigated that. Dynamic DNS is really a poor substitute for having fixed IP addresses if you've got a permanent connection, but in areas where IPSs are thin on the ground, there may not be one that offers static IPs with broadband service. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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