[TriLUG] performance enhancements?

[rasch at raschnet.com]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:15:45AM -0500, Luis Nunez <lnunez6 at netscape.net> wrote:
> If you just want a domain name try www.dnydns.org. It is free of
> charge if you use one of there domains. Example
> ???bdsmith.homelinux.com???.  They look organized and have features to
> change your settings such as adding MX records for E-mail (if you an
> email server).
I use dyndns.org and find it quite reliable.  There are a number of
clients to run on your linux machine to keep your ip up to date
automatically:  ez-ipupdate, ipcheck

I use ipcheck (debian: apt-get install ipcheck), the configuration is
quite simple--setup a cron job with a command similar to the following:

/usr/sbin/ipcheck.py -d /var/ipcheck -l -r checkip.dyndns.org:8245 username \
	password myhost.homelinux.net

I believe I run this every hour since it's just a mail server, but you
could run as often as you like.  It will only update the IP if it's
changed or if it needs "freshened" to remain active at dyndns.org.  I
have a CNAME point to my dyndns entry.

> You get what you pay for when you register I am trying verio.com for
> $19 (one year) and their interface is a kludge and seems to lack
> security.

I currently use Domain Monger ( http://www.domainmonger.com ).  Their
interface isn't wonderful, but they're cheap at $17/yr (less if you pay
several years at a time).  Their interface is also a bit of a kludge,
but it works, which I couldn't say for my experiences with Register.com
and Networksolutions.com.

David
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