On Friday 16 February 2007 23:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been hosting my own domain(s) so long I had forgotten there was > another way to do it. If you have a fixed IP and reasonably reliable > connection it's pretty easy: BIND, Postfix, Apache, plus anything else > you might want. For domestic grade service, you can run all that on the > same box you use as a desktop. I use bur.st for secondary nameserving, > but there are others.
Ditto :-) > The main downside is that server buzzing away in the corner all day and > night. > I got an antec NSK-1300 with an AMDx2. It's really so quiet you need to strain your ears to hear it. Please tell me about bur.st I secondary in the phillipines and its an ongoing pain. ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> tigger.ws @stm.com.ph ; (1 server found) ... ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: tigger.ws. 259200 IN NS ns.tigger.ws. tigger.ws. 259200 IN NS stm.com.ph. > I'm not really convinced it's economically effective, but for control > freaks like me it works. > > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 22:27 +1100, Rick Welykochy wrote: > > I have to switch ISPs soon. Currently my ISP handles my domain name > > hosting and rego. > > > > I can easily take care of the domain rego mysel and save $$. > > > > I'm wondering about hosting my domain name on a linux box. I only use > > the domain for email at the current time, so I doubt the DNS service > > hosted locally would incur that much traffic. > > > > There has been mention of free domain hosting services. Perhaps even > > dyndns could be used. > > > > What's the opinion of Sluggers: host or not to host? Even Helstra will give you a static IP for $10/month James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
