[SATLUG] Home-based Website

[Kase Saylor]

Geoff wrote:

> Kase Saylor wrote:

>> Let's say I registered the name

>>

>> reallyslowwebsite.com and that's what I want to host on my home server.

>>

>> How do I let the world know that reallyslowwebsite.com is hosted at the

>>

>> IP of my home server? 

>

> dyndns.org

>

> Just as the name implies, Dynamic Domain Name Server.

>

> typically your home ip address doesn't change all that often.  I run

> an update utility through cron every week or so, that goes out to

> dyndns.org and keeps the domain name fresh with the current ip

> address.  I really need to write a script to only check the ip address

> vs the ip address registered with the dynamic domain service and if

> they match, then do nothing.

>

> It's possible.  I'm doing it, as are others on the list.

>

> -- 

> -Geoff

>

For the sake of argument, what if I had a static IP?




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