R: OT: the end of Dyn DNS

[U'll Be King of the Stars]

I have my DNS records hosted at gandi.net, who are also my registrar.  I
have been using for the last 10-15 years with no problems.

I have heard the that you shouldn't have your register be the same
company as your DNS provider, and I intend to revise this proposition.
If the argument still holds then I would keep gandi.net as my registrar
look for a different DNS service.

I tried a lot of third-party DNS services for about five years before
settling on gandi.net.  Some were very expensive and some were not.
There was no difference in the quality of service and quality of support
between the expensive and inexpensive ones, but I never had any luck
with the free ones.

Andrew

On 27/06/2019 09:19, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote:
> I use no-ip, the free version. And it's not particularly pushing the paid
> option aside just suggesting it on renewal.
> There's an email I don't even remember every how many months, requiring 2
> clicks to keep the free subscription active, and that's all
> 
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Per conto di Mark Linimon
> via cctalk
> Inviato: giovedì 27 giugno 2019 03:49
> A: Charles Dickman; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Oggetto: Re: OT: the end of Dyn DNS
> 
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 09:36:30PM -0400, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote:
>> Now that Dyn has been absorbed by Oracle I need a new DNS service for my
>> vanity domain. I welcome suggestions for a replacement provider.
> 
> I was just investigating free alternatives myself earlier today.  (I
> have not yet come up with a conclusion.)
> 
> I currently use the free he.net ivp6 tunnel so I may already be set up
> for their free DNS service, but I don't know yet.  (I can recommend the
> tunnel.)
> 
> Most of the articles on the web mention:
> 
>   Dynu, afraid.org, Duck DNS, and No-IP
> 
> among a few others.  The latter sounds like they are really pushing
> their paid model, though.  (OTOH each of the above has paid tiers for
> all but the most basic users.)
> 
> If you are using pfSense like I am, they already support:
> 
>   https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/dns/dynamic-dns.html
> 
> I would be happy to hear of actual experiences with any of these.
> 
> mcl
> 

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