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A free DynDNS replacement I created on the weekend

Shown by kopf on Jun 4, 2014. Click the card to turn it over.

156points

70comments

#160of 2,272 in 2014

Top 8%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

9 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.

Idea: 3 for, 6 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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Simple API
From 1 comment
- It's very neat, I like the simplicity of the API. If you promise to keep it up for a while, I'll definitely use it!
  Udo on HN
Free service
From 1 comment
- Looks neat, good! And I like the phrase "Get Yours Now" on the top page. Thanks for making it free.
  ken_laun on HN

Spam abuse of free hostnames
From 2 comments
- > DynDNS replacement I would disagree. This may look like a replacement from the end-user's point of view, but it does not address the real issues of DNS management: space to…
  nmc on HN
- I entirely agree, and I am glad you got my point. Not sure about the beauty of 'zzzz', but it certainly is a good thing to learn by doing. Nice job. You did not answer my…
  nmc on HN
Not a real solution to DNS hosting costs and load
From 1 comment
- > DynDNS replacement I would disagree. This may look like a replacement from the end-user's point of view, but it does not address the real issues of DNS management: space to…
  nmc on HN
Weekend build raises reliability doubts
From 1 comment
- "created on the weekend" is not very reassuring. Why would you tout that (if you wanted users vs showing off)?
  pbreit on HN

Open source the code
From 3 comments
- What's the technology stack? Would there be a way to persuade you to opensource it?
  DoubleMalt on HN
- Is the source for this available somewhere?
  hackety on HN
- Nice resource. Just last month I set up Bind9 on a spare VM for the same reasons (albeit just for personal use). Is this project something you'd consider releasing the source…
  laumars on HN
IPv6 support
From 1 comment
- Looks cool. IPv6 support would be neat. Does this work with the AirPort dynamic global hostname? I put my username and password in, but since my IP didn't change since I signed…
  karlshea on HN

FreeDNS
From 2 comments
- Is there any particular reason you didn't just add your domain to the pool at https://freedns.afraid.org/ ?
  tkfu on HN
- You could've used FreeDNS (freedns.afraid.org) with your own domain. They do this for years.
  LeonidasXIV on HN
DuckDNS
From 2 comments
- For anyone looking into free DynDNS alternatives: I have tested several of the established alternatives without success. I then looked into some of the newcomers and ended up…
  cowchase on HN
- I also did a similar one in Python for duckdns.org: https://gist.github.com/shaunpud/0d72f2d23a4ddd0fbab6
  shaunpud on HN
No-IP
From 1 comment
- No, it's Dyn's and No-IP's thing.
  reflexing on HN
EntryDNS
From 1 comment
- We also built https://entrydns.net/ It's a more complete solution. Running for about 3 years now.
  clyfe on HN
LuaDNS
From 1 comment
- Have you seen LuaDNS? It sounds sort of what you're talking about, and they let you set up vanity servers if you want. http://www.luadns.com/
  zrail on HN