I've been a long term user of ZoneEdit, too (over 3 years). It is free for the first few domains and very inexpensive after that. Their servers are geographically distributed, so that a rather large regional network outage doesn't kill your DNS service. And if you run your own DNS, you could use them as your backup (secondary) DNS.
More recently, I have additionally been using 1and1.com for domain registrations and DNS services. If you use them as registrar (USD 5.99/year for .com .net .org .us .info .name) then DNS management is thrown in for free (in addition to a few other niceties). So that is a rather good deal.
More generically speaking, if you want to google for DNS services, use the search term "Dynamic DNS". This will get you to most specialized DNS providers.
There are quite a number of other dynamic dns providers - for example, the IPCop firewall has builtin support for (alphabetically sorted)
dhs.org dyndns.org dyndns-custom dyndns-static dyns.cx easydns.com freedns-afraid.org hn.org no-ip.com nsupdate ovh.com regfish.com selfhost.de zoneedit.com
Even if you have static IP addresses for your domains, and/or don't use IPCop, the above list represents a certain vote of confidence by a rather large community.
Another thing - make sure you have access to managing TXT records, if you need to manage email (MX) DNS resolution for your domains. You need to create TXT records to participate in the SPF spam fighting mechanism (topic for another day).
Quite honestly, personally I would probably not use xname.org - it seems just a bit amateurish. One red flag for me immediately was the use of self signed SSL certificates for their DNS administration (according to their FAQ). In addition, I couldn't find much comforting data on their website about how many DNS servers they had and how geographically distributed they were. And there was an odd statement about the time zone of the DNS administration being GMT+2, but everything else suggests that they are located in France, which is GMT+1. The list of contributors is mostly individuals, rather than companies. So depending on the overall professional requirements of the domains you are managing (or your own professional image), you may want to go with someone a bit more professional than xname.org.
...Niels
Gary Compagnon wrote:
Hi Kevin,
Have you looked into www.ZoneEdit.com?
I've been using them for over 3 years and they are very solid and priced reasonably.
Gary
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Anderson Sent: January 15, 2005 8:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Does anyone know...
Nope. All I'm after is a guesstimate on how much I could donate to help
cover some broadband costs. We are getting screwed for DNS hosting here in
Calgary (~$150/yr), and so I'm looking to use xname.org. They ask for a
donation for corporate use, and I'm good with that. With a dozen domain names
registered, it only makes sense to give 'em the donation. Even at $20/month (their
top suggested donation), it's a good deal for everyone.
This just covers enough that it's worthwhile.
I know, i know... Run it myself.
I'm just not confident that that's the smartest thing to do. It's great
in some cases, but not in all cases. For example, we're in a joint venture
with another company now. This means we create a third company. It would be
awkward to host the DNS for the third company on either of the two
corporate DNS servers. This means that it's truely independant, and I think we
need that.
Kev.
On Friday 14 January 2005 15:20, Pete wrote:
Kevin Anderson wrote:
How expensive is Internet access in Europe (France)?
How much would a decent business dsl cost on an annual basis?
Thanks. Kev.
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It is a bit cheaper (10-15%) than here (at least for home use). Decent business dsl... do you need 8 statics or so those 'packages' are in the Telus/Shaw range.
Peter (ex-European)
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