addressing a virtual server without a physical IP address?

[Frank Pikelner]

Hello Miles, 

Although I'm not a expert in the subject matter, my understanding is that IPVMs and AWS Lamda are intended for data processing functions closely tied to file system data processing and have a short lifespan - spin up/down worker processor as required and the opposite of always up servers such as SMTP/DNS. Others more versed in the subject matter can correct me. 

Best, 

Frank Pikelner 


From: "mfidelman protocoltechnologiesgroup.com" <mfidelman at protocoltechnologiesgroup.com> 
To: "bind-users" <bind-users at lists.isc.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:38:02 PM 
Subject: addressing a virtual server without a physical IP address? 

Hi Folks, 

Not really sure where to ask this question, so I'll start here. 

I've been thinking of migrating our mail infrastructure to a virtual server, running in the Web3 IPFS cloud - without having a physical IP address attached to it. 

But... How do I address the damned thing, and how do I publish an MX record? 

I can certainly open a WebSocket or a WebTransport socket - addressable by CID, create an IPNS record to point to it, and a DNS_Link text record to resolve to it. 

But that leaves me with the problem of publishing an MX record that resolves to an FQDN. 

Is this a solved problem? Or anybody have any thoughts as to how to approach it? 

(And, perhaps a related question: How might one run a Bind server behind an IPVM that has no existence anywhere except in IPFS space?) 

Quandaries for the day! 

Thanks, 

Miles Fidelman 




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