Questions tagged [dynamic-dns]
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How do I restrict the domain name for reverse DNS updates with bind and nsupdate?
I've set up Bind to allow hosts to update only their own DNS entries, but I'm having trouble with the reverse DNS portion of this. My configuration is as follows:
named.conf
options {
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 10.9.10.10; };
directory …
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How to limit dynamic DNS updates
First off, I'm sorry if this is vague, but I'm not very familiar with DNS or DNS terminology.
What I'm trying to do:
I want to limit what hostnames are allowed to dynamically update DNS. I don't want to end up with a malicious user sending a…
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With dynamic DNS, which DNS servers are the registration requests sent to?
When dynamic DNS is configured, I am wondering which DNS servers do the client computers attempt to register their name with. Do they only register with their configured DNS server or does the client query for NS records on its configured domain…
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ddclient fails to update ip on namescheap.com
I'm using ddclient 3.8.1 on ubuntu 14.04 to update my dns records on namecheap.com. But now it stopped working. Syslog says:
WARNING: file /tmp/ddclient.cache, line 3: Invalid Value for keyword 'ip' = ''
And when I run ddclient -query I…
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Digital Ocean and dynamic DNS
We are migrating production website from AWS to Digital Ocean, and currently our main concern is static IP that DO provides for droplets.
In case of droplet failure our static IP address would be lost, our DNS settings would become invalid, causing…
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Configure DNS on sub-domain for testing web site on dynamic IP
I am running a web site on a dedicate server at IP 12.34.56.78. The DNS is configured like so:
* A 12.34.56.78
@ A 12.34.56.78
@ MX 10 mail.mydomain.co.uk
ftpes CNAME mydomain.co.uk.
staff A …
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Namecheap + ddclient - 400 Bad Request Error
I just registered a domain on namecheap, and want to self-host through ddns. I have my host setting setup as:
@ 127.0.0.1 A (address)
www http://domain.com HTTP Redirect
So clearly I'm trying to make it so that a…
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DNS Timestamps don't appear to be updating since enabling Secure Only Updates
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Domain. There are 4 domain controllers each running DNS with a Active Directory-Integrated zone. There are 2 member servers running DHCP with Name Protection enabled. Dynamic updates in DNS are…
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Why do DNS services propagate so much faster?
Say I want to point my domain blah.example.com from a server located at IP addres 1.2.3.4, to a different server located at IP address 5.6.7.8. This requires a DNS change.
Why is it that when I log into my GoDaddy cPanel account, and make a DNS…
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Setting up DNS server to accept dynamic updates without FQDN
I have set up a Win2k8 R2 server with the DNS role enabled. I had to add the server to a fictional workgroup/domain called dns.com so as to be able to use it as a primary DNS server to my network of one computer. Now the problem is that everytime I…
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Using Dynamic DNS for server reboots
Basically, I want all the traffic to go to one server while the other reboots. Here's the environment:
Two or more VPS servers.
Same datacenter, but no internal ip or lan, and no shared ip.
I was thinking of this:
Update Dynanmic DNS settings to…
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Dynamic multiple domains in one project
I searched stackoverflow and google before posting this question.
I am developing a PHP/MySQL based dynamic conference website. Where users can register and create their own events for conference. Currently I have unique URL for each event and used…
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How to access a ssh server with a dynamic dns service?
Helo,
I was asked to sign up a dynamic dns service and give the address to a server administrator. He told me that he added my dynamic dns to the server so that I can ssh to the server, but didn't tell me the next step.
Give the fact that the…
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How to bind a web site to a dynamic dns service?
Since our ISP doesn't provide static IP, I am using a dynamic dns service to access a Windows server from the internet,
now I would like to expose a static web page to the net using a domain name that I just registered (ie: mydomain.tld not…
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Hostname vs domain name when using dynamic DNS?
I've setup a dynamic DNS service with DynDNS, let's call it:
foobar.dyndns.net
When I setup a Linux server, what should be my hostname and domain name??
For instance, if I setup Slackware Linux, the installation program asks for them, and if I enter…
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