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FYI: DynDNS / dyn.com policy change

BarryG
I received an email from dyn.com (aka dyndns.org et al); apparently they're going to free require users to manually login every month or they will expire accounts.

Starting now, if you would like to maintain your free Dyn account, you must log into your account once a month. Failure to do so will result in expiration and loss of your hostname. This activity helps us eliminate hostnames that are no longer needed and/or dormant. Note that using an update client will no longer suffice for this monthly login.


(emphasis mine)

Barry


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    For anyone reading this and wondering how to accomplish what BarryG's doing, the trick is to use a CNAME like myhost.mydomain.com -> myhostmydomain.dyndns.org.

    Cheers - Bob
     
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    For anyone reading this and wondering how to accomplish what BarryG's doing, the trick is to use a CNAME like myhost.mydomain.com -> myhostmydomain.dyndns.org.

    Cheers - Bob
     
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    For anyone reading this and wondering how to accomplish what BarryG's doing, the trick is to use a CNAME like myhost.mydomain.com -> myhostmydomain.dyndns.org.


    Yeah, that's what I was planning to do if I bought a domain, but with the dyn.com policy change, it seems risky.

    I wonder if there are any name registrars that offer/include ddclient support?
    There's a feature request at godaddy: Dynamic IP @ Updater | IdeaShare | Go Daddy Support

    and someone's written a php script for godaddy that supposedly works with ddclient (presumably the php script has to be hosted on a webserver, not command-line): GoDaddy DynDns | Stanback.Net
    but this is a hack and would break if godaddy modifies their web site (godaddy doesn't have an API)

    Barry
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