Dynamic DNS Server question

[Matt Godden]

I assume you're talking about mapping dynamic dns addresses to a static host
and domain name. To accomplish this you need to start off by setting your
TTL to something reasonable for automatic updating (1 sec. is as good as 2).
Then, lets talk about updating these records from a web interface... I am
the President of www.dnspointer.com  (a service just like this for free).
What we do...

1) Populate a MySQL database from the web with a CGI script
2) Run server-side script to run through and take records from the MySQL
database and populate/modify them into the BIND zone file
3) Re-hash BIND

How does someone update... Easy! We've written a seamless CGI that takes a
persons username and password from a GET header, updates the MySQL db and
then forwards them on to their start page. So, they basically don't even
notice they're updating the record.

Sorry if this is cryptic.

If you have any questions e-mail me at matt at iglobalsales.com

Matt Godden
DNSPointer.Com
http://www.dnspointer.com


"Stewart Tolhurst" <news at stolhurst.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1384d7d1f4da3e079896a1 at news2lo.highwayone.net...
> In article <957705761.27942.0.nnrp-02.c2d90d64 at news.demon.co.uk>, Chris
> Smith <chris at caladan.net> says...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone any info on setting up a dynamic dns server that allows users
to
> > add/delete their A records, preferably via an e-mail or web interface?
>
> Ummmm - you could use bind and webmin (www.webmin.com) but that might not
> be what you want as that allows complete control of the dns zones.....
>
> There may be some perl script type things that could allow access to only
> certain things.....  The interface used for updating A records and CNAMES
> in my old job was based around a CGI script.  The only trouble was that
> you had to wait for the dns server to be restarted before the changes
> would take effect.....
>
> Regards
>
> Stewart
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