Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 11:10:31 +0530 (IST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <csu96154@cse.iitd.ernet.in> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, freebsd-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hosting my own domain. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10105081110080.18150-100000@ahiri.cse.iitd.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <p05100315b71b942acf75@[10.0.1.2]>
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> > 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.... Just as an update, dyndns.org does provide dynamic dns services with our own domain name. It's there in the FAQ, and also in News pages; though it is currently in beta stages. Another service is Public DNS -- http://www.granitecanyon.com/ -- that lets you use a dynamic IP with your own domain name. And that too is free. > 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. I plan to get a DSL connection. But I can't go for a static IP, as their static plan is about 10 times more than the dynamic one (and this particular ISP seems to be the only one here in India who offers DSL). Thus, I would have full-time connectivity, and could use a dynamic IP service to setup my machine as my mail/web/ftp server etc ... this is possible right ? BTW, would anyone know of any services offering a backup MX server also ? Just so that I can ensure mail does not bounce back even in times of power outages etc ... > /* efdtt.c Author: Charles M. Hannum <root@ihack.net> */ > /* Represented as 1045 digit prime number by Phil Carmody */ > /* Prime as DNS cname chain by Roy Arends and Walter Belgers */ > /* */ > /* Usage is: cat title-key scrambled.vob | efdtt >clear.vob */ > /* where title-key = "153 2 8 105 225" or other similar 5-byte key */ > > dig decss.friet.org|perl -ne'if(/^x/){s/[x.]//g;print pack(H124,$_)}' You might consider putting some comment in your signature mentioning that the above is <i>the</i> code ... not many people might be aware of it. :-) Thanks, __ Rakhesh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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