I too have been looking at doing just the same thing, but I'm on a semi-static cable link. I'll keep the same address for months (normally 2 or 3), but my address does indeed change. I would be very interested in doing something like this as I would very much like to host everything myself.
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 18:55, Stroller wrote: > This is blatantly OT, but in the last few weeks I've managed to get > global DNS sorted for my /29 home LAN and my stroller.uk.eu.org domain > (& for my various hosts in that domain!). If you are always-on with a > static IP address, and want a little project then I'd highly recommend > it - getting my own domain name with the ability to fully administrate > it on my own Gentoo Bind server, for a total cost of �0 (that's $0, > zilch, nada, nothing) really appealed to the Lancastrian chromosomes I > got from my father. Check out http://eu.org for scanty details. > > There is a problem, however: my secondary DNS services are currently > being provided by Granite Canyon, and as explained in this URL > <http://tinyurl.com/melw> (if you're really interested) it seems I > can't get them carry reverse-lookups for me. This shouldn't matter, but > it's bugging me. > > My solution to this is to try & find someone else to host my secondary, > but I don't seem to be able to find other organisation that does free > DNS with zone transfers. I think this is what is required for me to > retain central control over somemachine.stroller.uk.eu.org > someothermachine.stroller.uk.eu.org &c ad infinitum. > > I have contemplated doing a secondary swap with someone at > http://ns2exchange.com/thelist.asp but I don't know anyone there. I'm > sure they're all reliable people, but I'm extremely conscious that > don't want a secondary who isn't going to disappear on me when they > decide to reinstall or move ISP (& IP address). > > It occurred to me, then, that I trust & feel I can rely on members of > the Gentoo community: > Does anyone here run their own Bind server, who wants to host DNS > secondary for me, on an exchange basis..? > > I was getting uptimes in monthly figures when my server was on > Mandrake, and I don't see how that should change significantly since I > migrated it to Gentoo a couple of months ago, so you're likely to get > reliable service from me. If there was enough interest, we could even > form the Unofficial Gentoo-User Secondary-DNS Cabal (tm) which would, > with several of us providing secondary DNS for each other, provide > pretty reasonable redundancy, I reckon. > > Any offers, or comments..? > > Stroller. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb ? Answer : None, they just declare darkness a new standard.
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