dynamic ppp hostmasks, additional hosts

[Kevin Darcy]

Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <390c54ec at news.server.worldonline.co.uk>,
> Craig F. <user at host.com> wrote:
> >Basically, im after two things, one to know if this is possible, and if so,
> >how to go about doing it.
> >
> >so, i guess its all about IRC, but I have a small NAT network (one IP). I
> >have a hostmask like 'ppp-01.isp.com'. What i want is to run a dns on that
> >hostmask and resolve requests to 'myhost.ppp-01.isp.com' to the same IP,
> >basically for Vhosting on IRC, multiple IRC users on EFNET is a pain in the
> >ass with those dumb I:Lines.
> >Another problem is that this has to be dynamic, as everytime i connect the
> >hostmask changes.
>
> Have you looked at dyndns.org or tzo.com?

Hmmm... According to the dyndns.org FAQ, it appears that it may not be possible to
do what the original poster wants to do, with a dynamically-assigned address. See
http://www.dyndns.org/dyndns/faq.shtml#11 . Apparently, IRC cares too much about
reverse lookups. Pity.


- Kevin