New user

[Richard Humphrey]

I have a fixed IP address. Do you know of where i might find easy steps on
how to set this up?


On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Mathias K=F6rber wrote:

> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 01:05:24 +0800
> From: Mathias K=F6rber <mathias at koerber.org>
> To: Richard Humphrey <brorich at home.com>, bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: RE: New user
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> > I am a new user and I was wondering if the following scenario is
> > possible. Can i set up my home machine (cable modem using @home
> > service) to have it's own domain name. I dont own a domain but heard th=
at
> > i could set it up to use one of the free dns services to get my name. I=
 am
> > currently using the service to rediriect to my machine, but they are to=
o
> > unreliable and are down quite often. I am unfamiliar with bind and am n=
ot
> > quite sure how to set this up (if it is possible). I have read the DNS
> > How-to but my scenario seems out of the realm of what it covers.=20
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> I am not familiar with @Home, but if they gave you a fixed IP address, th=
ere should
> be no problem at all.
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> If @Home assignes only dynamic IP addresses (and somehow prohibits renewa=
l of
> IP address leases for long durations), you have the basic problem that th=
e DNS
> would need to reflect your current IP address.
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> DNS has allowed for dynamic updates for a while, but what is currently mi=
ssing
> is the security for dynamic updates. Thus "normal" DNS provider would mos=
t likely
> no be able to provide that service.
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> There are solutions to this
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> =09a) As nameservers themselves need to have fixed IP addresses, you most=
 likely
> =09    will need someone to operate the nameservice for you.
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> =09b) There are some DNS providers which=20
> =09=09- operate nameservers for you=20
> =09=09- and (more importantly) allow you to register your currently assig=
ned
> =09=09  IP address each time it changes. Most have proprietary tools for =
this,
> =09=09  or you'd need to access a webpage to do this.
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> =09One organization providing this seems to be www.dyndns.org. There are =
others. I have
> =09not used any one of these and cannot make recommendations on these. I =
found this
> =09by performing a www.ggogle.com search.
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> I hope this helps..
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> Mathias
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