On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:29:29PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:04:31AM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > > > A static IP is recommended (not needed) for hosting a domain. > > What do you mean by that? How will you publish where the domain servers > is to be found if your domain doesn't have static IP? Did you only > considered special services like dyndns or email your visitors the new > IP every time it has changed? Am I missing something essential?
dyndns and services like it use the TTL field in DNS to force the visitor to query the name server directly responsible for the domain, which is updated on the fly whenever the IP address changes. An (ab)use of DNS, but it works. -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sctrace strace /bin/foo http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ Quis custodes ipsos custodiet? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
