Hello interested parties. dnsextd (in my git repository) now supports TCP. It was actually sort of an amusing bug. I guess the dnsextd code must date back to PowerPC, because it had an extra ntoh call which on little-endian systems would cause TCP requests to fail. It’s fixed in the “tcp” branch of my git [...]
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Dynamic DNS: Part Two
This post is a follow-up to Dynamic DNS When last I left you, we had basic updateable DNS running and could update it from OS X. I’ve been a bit busy since then, but thanks to some prodding from @Loredo, I got back in and started looking at. What follows is the exciting story of [...]
*nix Tip of the Day: Dynamic DNS
It’s nice to have DNS records for all of your computers. It’s a giant pain in the ass to remember IP addresses, especially if you’re on something like a cable connection, where the IP address is dynamic (but only changes every month or two). Now, you could go ahead and use DynDNS or No-IP or [...]
New Machine
I picked up a new computer last week. A virtual one, that is. I ran into this site called prgmr which offers very low-cost, bare virtual private servers. So far, so good. Got Debian set up all the way I like it. Now just to find something fun to do with it.
