Create a DNS record for an IP address instantly

Re:Create a DNS record for an IP address instantly by stevefink on Friday September 10, 2010 @11:05AM (#1679045)

Perhaps I'm missing something, but what exactly is appealing about this service and/or is new and innovative? It's trivial enough to put a web interface in front of BIND or djbdns to replicate this behavior to where I'm trying to understand why this got ranked highly? I am by no means bashing the creator of this service nor the service itself - I'd just like to understand what additional value is being provided here that does not already exist?

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Re:Create a DNS record for an IP address instantly by ghshephard on Friday September 10, 2010 @12:19PM (#1679286)

I've been using DNS, DNS Services, DNS Administration Services and DNS Configuration Tools for 12 years.

This is the first time I've ever seen a tool/web page that has done this so simply.

It may be trivial, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone do it before.

Oh, and the hacker value is very clear - if you notice there is (soon) going to be an update that will let you also update your DNS record.

It's clean, quick, and simple. Add the ability to submit updates via email, and you have a "posterous for DNS updates." :-)

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Re:Create a DNS record for an IP address instantly by equark on Friday September 10, 2010 @12:19PM (#1679282)

You boot up an ec2 instance and want to give a domain name to a friend that isn't 100 characters long. How much effort does it take you setup your bind solution? Particularly if you've never setup dns before. Can I do this given that I'm not running any other servers? The popularity of dyndns should give you a sense of demand.

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Re:Create a DNS record for an IP address instantly by keefe on Friday September 10, 2010 @01:50PM (#1679584)

that being said you can do this for free @ dyndns with only slightly more effort

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Re:Create a DNS record for an IP address instantly by tc23emp on Friday September 10, 2010 @05:14PM (#1680246)

DynDNS now limits new accounts to only 2 free subdomains.

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Re:Create a DNS record for an IP address instantly by almost on Friday September 10, 2010 @02:03PM (#1679630)

You say it's so trivial yet you didn't include a link to the one you just set up to prove your point :p So not quite that trivial, and that is often enough.

Quite often it is useful to be able to do something easily and quickly that you could have done before with more effort.

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