[isf-wifidog] Dynamic DNS

[Mina Naguib]

On 8-Mar-06, at 8:41 AM, Rein Petersen wrote:

> Hi Max, Hi Benjamin,
>
> Benjamin's idea of using a client to update an existing dynamic dns  
> service is probably the easiest. You could delegate a subdomain of  
> ilesansfil.org (how about "venues.ilesansfil.org") to a remote  
> dnydns service so your existing dns is not affected, then have a  
> trigger on the db that uses the client to update the remote dyndns  
> server on change of an ip address.

The DNS server handling ilesansfil.org already supports dynamic DNS  
entry updating ;-) No need for anything fancy to be done.

>
> I had imagined something a little more elaborate - delegating a  
> subdomain to your auth server and running a perl sockets service  
> that answers only host lookups on port 53. Bothering with the  
> entire BIND DNS spec would be unecessary (don't need reverse or MX  
> queries). DNS speaks binary on the wire so it is still a little  
> elaborate but not impossible (I've worked on a resolver for a mail  
> server called Lumisoft Mail).

Entirely doable (done it before as well), but a bit overkill :-)

>
> I think Benjamin's plan may be easier to implement.
>
> Rein
>
> On 3/8/06, Benjamin Crulli <lostocean at gmail.com> wrote:
> These are the three dyndns GNU/Linux softwares i know about.
> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php? 
> group_id=65917">updatedd</a>
> <a href="http://www.funtaff.com/software/addns.pl">Addns.pl</a>
> <a href="http://ipcheck.sourceforge.net/ ">ipcheck.py</a>
>
> On 3/8/06, Max Horváth <max.horvath at maxspot.de> wrote:
> > This feature would be nice ... but I think we won't be able to do  
> it by just
> > extending the auth server.
> >
> > In fact I still don't know which software exists for linux to  
> provide a
> > DynDNS service :( ...
> >
> > Did you already do some research?
> >
> > Cheers, Max!
> >
> >
> > Am 08.03.2006 um 05:11 schrieb Rein Petersen:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> >  Considering that Wifidog clients heartbeat frequently to the  
> auth server, I
> > was wondering if anyone had considered rolling Dynamic DNS  
> service into
> > Wifidog auth server.
> >
> >  Then you could resolve dynamic ip addresses to names like
> > boodhabar.ilesansfil.org
> >
> >  This might be helpful for venues that want to run their own  
> services or
> > have a webcam installed.
> >
> >  Just a crazy idea but I think it would be cool.
> >
> >  Rein
> >
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