[SGVLUG] DDNS options -- was Re: Cron question

Wed May 24 11:27:46 PDT 2017

I've used FreeDNS for dynamically hosting a domain @ home for years.

https://freedns.afraid.org/

However, I suspect that he is more interested in something like DynDNS,
which appears to no longer be free. ;-/

DuckDNS seems like a good option. *concurred*

-Sean

On 05/24/2017 10:36 AM, Claude Felizardo via SGVLUG wrote:
> Since many routers have a way to make use of a DDNS service to record
> changes to an IP, does anyone know of a service that will simply send
> an email message when the router gets a new IP?  
>
> I have a friend who has a couple of home security web cameras and
> occasionally needs to log in remotely to check.  I had suggested a
> DDNS service but he thought that was overkill when he thought a short
> email would be fine.  He's running a commercial off the shelf box and
> I doubt he would be comfortable changing the firmware.
>
> Claude
>
>
>
> Rami Al-Ghanmi via SGVLUG wrote:
>>
>> I used to use Namecheap, but found that DNS propagation for DDNS was
>> not fast enough for me and did not support TLS when I was using it. I
>> found a very elegant solution in DuckDNS <https://www.duckdns.org/>.
>> Think of it as the DuckDuckGo of DNS.
>>
>> One of the coolest things about it is that it gives you instructions
>> on how to run it on almost everything including Android, pfSense and
>> OpenWRT: https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp.
>>
>> I highly recommend it.
>>
>> Rami
>>
>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Bryan Pesterfield via SGVLUG
>> <sgvlug at sgvlug.net <mailto:sgvlug at sgvlug.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     My goal also involves setting up the same notice on my mothers pc
>>     for remote administration.
>>
>>     My IP has actually only changed every few years, whenever I change
>>     ISPs (so basically never without my own doing), but I am not so
>>     sure about my mothers, since it is usually off and in need of a
>>     router. I assume her IP changed within a week of installing
>>     Ubuntu, because I haven't been back in since then. I am making a
>>     trip to load the script there this weekend.
>>
>>     I have a couple domains with namecheap, but I never bothered
>>     looking at their perks. I was looking for a diy solution since I
>>     remembered reading that the free services all started charging.
>>
>>     Thank you guys for the advice. I will set up an account for the
>>     script and look into making my router do the work with namecheap.
>>     It is a Cisco RV130; I wanted my WAP to be seperate and a new
>>     router without it is getting harder to find.
>>
>>
>>     On May 16, 2017 12:01 PM, "Jess Bermudes via SGVLUG"
>>     <sgvlug at sgvlug.net <mailto:sgvlug at sgvlug.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         Namecheap and probably other domain registrars provide ddns
>>         for you with your purchase, so then if you have a router with
>>         openwrt or something you can set it up pretty easily
>>
>>         On May 16, 2017 14:39, "Michael Proctor-Smith via SGVLUG"
>>         <sgvlug at sgvlug.net <mailto:sgvlug at sgvlug.net>> wrote:
>>
>>             If you don't want to do it as root, or your normal account
>>             do it. Then create a new user to do it, don't reuse an
>>             existing system account. With cron jobs the place you
>>             normal fail is that from cron you don't have normal user
>>             path stuff added as it is not a login shell.
>>
>>             But in seem like you are solving a solved problem that we
>>             have all gone the road of. That being wanting to access
>>             your network remotely and having a dynamic ip address. So
>>             if I may suggest looking into one of the free dynamic dns
>>             services (DDNS) and save yourself the trouble of having to
>>             check email to find your home ip address. Many home
>>             routers will automatically update DDNS when there ip
>>             address changes.
>>
>>             On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Bryan Pesterfield via
>>             SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net <mailto:sgvlug at sgvlug.net>> wrote:
>>
>>                 Hello all,
>>
>>                 I have a script I wrote to monitor my external ip and
>>                 send me an update via email when it changes (it checks
>>                 ipv4.icanhazip.com <http://ipv4.icanhazip.com>, so no
>>                 parsing necessary). While the books and webpages I
>>                 have looked at so far make it appear easy to set up a
>>                 cron job, I am unsure of what user should be used to
>>                 run the job (since nothing I looked at specified what
>>                 accounts should be used, they appear to be indifferent
>>                 to it).
>>
>>                 It didn't seem very secure to have root or myself (aka
>>                 a regular user) run the job, so I am hesitating on
>>                 setting it up until I know what account should be used
>>                 to run it. Do I have a system account do it, or do I
>>                 set up an unique account just for it? What's the best
>>                 way to do this?
>>
>>                 Thanks in advance,
>>                 Bryan Pesterfield
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>> Rami Al-Ghanmi via SGVLUG <mailto:sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
>> May 23, 2017 at 9:11 AM
>> I used to use Namecheap, but found that DNS propagation for DDNS was
>> not fast enough for me and did not support TLS when I was using it. I
>> found a very elegant solution in DuckDNS <https://www.duckdns.org/>.
>> Think of it as the DuckDuckGo of DNS. 
>>
>> One of the coolest things about it is that it gives you instructions
>> on how to run it on almost everything including Android, pfSense and
>> OpenWRT: https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp.
>>
>> I highly recommend it.
>>
>> Rami
>>
>>
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://sgvlug.net/pipermail/sgvlug/attachments/20170524/46f249c5/attachment-0001.html>