dhcp.io
Infrastructure
dynamic dns
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple and easy to set up with cron
From 2 comments
Nice! Setting up my server to update every hour was as simple as: ``` crontab -e ``` and adding the line: ``` 31 * * * * curl http://dhcp.io/set/99351a76-f6... ``` (the above job…
ivan_ah on HNSimple and to the point. Truth be told I've always wanted something like this for my own domains, so that I can point to a home machine, but was too lazy to set it up. Thanks for…
tsangk on HN
Useful alternative to paid dyndns with forced logins
From 1 comment
Thanks for building this! I set up something like this with dyndns for my Raspberry Pi, but thought it was silly that I had to log in every n days to keep the account active.
backwardm on HN
Objections
Abuse of a free DNS service would be costly and hard to manage
From 2 comments
I've been involved with a number of DNS related companies and projects. Your biggest cost sink will be abuse. Some peddler of illicit images or terror group will set up camp,…
dsl on HNThis. Abuse causes a huge headache and will drain resources. If you are sincerely interested in offering this, provide a great value and feature set but charge enough to keep the…
robalfonso on HN
Hourly cron update is slow when IP changes
From 1 comment
Do you really want to have to wait up to an hour if your IP address changes and you're away from home?
yohanatan on HN
Requests
Open source the code
From 1 comment
Can you open source this? Would be great for other people wanting to run similar services.
zapt02 on HN
Support for custom domains
From 1 comment
You're welcome. Initially it was put together as a learning experience, but I can see that it is useful enough to remain live indefinitely. I can imagine several way of…
stevekemp on HN
Questions
How IPv4 and IPv6 are handled
From 1 comment
How do you handle ipv4/ipv6? Seems this is listing my ipv4 address, but not ipv6...
mattbillenstein on HN
Why no one built this before
From 1 comment
Why didn't anyone build this before?
fiatjaf on HN
Alternatives named
dyndns
From 1 comment
Thanks for building this! I set up something like this with dyndns for my Raspberry Pi, but thought it was silly that I had to log in every n days to keep the account active.
backwardm on HN
Cloudflare DNS API
From 1 comment
CloudFlare has a (free) DNS api too. Pretty easy to script something with their system. https://www.cloudflare.com/docs/client-api.html
latchkey on HN