From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 23 04:07:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E487106566C for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:07:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E1F68FC13 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:07:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 10052 invoked by uid 399); 23 Feb 2010 03:41:06 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 23 Feb 2010 03:41:06 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4B834E4F.2000900@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:41:03 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100218 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger References: <4B82F976.8020308@yazzy.org> <02A33D5D-B57A-4276-A79F-C368A0407A33@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <02A33D5D-B57A-4276-A79F-C368A0407A33@mac.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 'FreeBSD-ISP' , lists@yazzy.org Subject: Re: Registrars with free DynDNS services of my own domains. X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:07:48 -0000 On 02/22/10 14:07, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Marcin M. Jessa wrote: >> Many registrars offer free DNS hosting if you register your domain >> with them. > > All registrars do that. They can't register domains without being > willing to point them somewhere, so they can either delegate to > nameservers the customers specify or use their own nameservers. That's not actually true. There is no requirement that a domain name registration have name servers associated with it, although what you describe is by far the most common model. >> I need a bit more. I need a registrar which not only will "host" >> my own domains but also in exchange give me a dyndns service so I >> can automatically update the @ records of my domains as an extra >> free of charge service. Do you guys know of any registrars that can >> do that? Search for "dynamic dns service" you'll get a lot of hits. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/