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Oracle acquires Dyn

30 points by nixgeek 10y ago

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duke360 10y ago
Damn no! should i move to another dynamic dns provider then? have to check my router for which are supported :(
- tiernano 10y ago
  roll your own with Amazon Route53? that what i am thinking of doing...
  - stevekemp 10y ago
    There are a few guides out there, for example: https://willwarren.com/2014/07/03/roll-dynamic-dns-service-using-amazon-route53/ https://willwarren.com/2014/07/03/roll-dynamic-dns-service-u... https://www.flynsarmy.com/2015/12/setting-up-dynamic-dns-to-your-home-with-route-53/ https://www.flynsarmy.com/2015/12/setting-up-dynamic-dns-to-... I setup a simple service to do the same thing, but unfortunately I had to close new registrations due to abuse. The code is open and available at github though: https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/ https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/
longsleep 10y ago
I created my own service a while ago, use https://github.com/longsleep/mydyns https://github.com/longsleep/mydyns as pointers if you want to roll your own. I am certain there are plenty of similar solutions to run your own dynamic DNS.
noir-york 10y ago
Symantec buying LifeLock, Oracle buying Dyn... hurry hurry get your acquisition in before Thanksgiving!
- dx034 10y ago
  Wait until they can repatriate offshore money next year. That will trigger a lot of acquisitions to just spend the money somehow.
  - noir-york 10y ago
    Interesting point.
LoneWolf 10y ago
I have been unsing https://freedns.afraid.org https://freedns.afraid.org for 3 years. Seems to be a good service.
matheweis 10y ago
Awful! Just finished evaluating them and went with DNSMadeEasy instead. Doubly glad of that decision now...
SomeGermanGuy 10y ago
There is a open source alternative: https://www.nsupdate.info https://www.nsupdate.info You can roll your own or just use the one they setup. https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info The project is well maintained and they focus on security.
- markild 10y ago
  Dyn is much more a dynamic DNS provider, though that is probably what "most" people know about.
- stevekemp 10y ago
  I also setup a Dynamic DNS service, on top of Amazon's Route53, over at https://dhcp.io/ https://dhcp.io/ Unfortunately I had to suspend new registrations due to abuse, but the code is open and available on github: https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/ https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/
donatj 10y ago
What percent of Oracle acquisitions don't end in either purposefully shutdown or shutdown due to management failure?
detaro 10y ago
earlier submission with more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13005172 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13005172
coroxout 10y ago
Inspired by other Oracle-bought products, perhaps they can make it so you can only update your DNS if you use their proprietary Java client, which uses an out-of-support version of Java even though Oracle own Java, and which tries to install adware every time you install/update it. (An out-of-date Java being a requirement of a recentish version of Oracle Financials, and Java on Windows defaults to installing browser toolbars every time. Because Oracle need those extra few cents from tricking users.)

Oracle acquires Dyn

30 points by nixgeek 10y ago

deleted 10y ago

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duke360 10y ago

Damn no! should i move to another dynamic dns provider then? have to check my router for which are supported :(

tiernano 10y ago
roll your own with Amazon Route53? that what i am thinking of doing...
- stevekemp 10y ago
  There are a few guides out there, for example: https://willwarren.com/2014/07/03/roll-dynamic-dns-service-using-amazon-route53/ https://willwarren.com/2014/07/03/roll-dynamic-dns-service-u... https://www.flynsarmy.com/2015/12/setting-up-dynamic-dns-to-your-home-with-route-53/ https://www.flynsarmy.com/2015/12/setting-up-dynamic-dns-to-... I setup a simple service to do the same thing, but unfortunately I had to close new registrations due to abuse. The code is open and available at github though: https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/ https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/

longsleep 10y ago

I created my own service a while ago, use https://github.com/longsleep/mydyns https://github.com/longsleep/mydyns as pointers if you want to roll your own. I am certain there are plenty of similar solutions to run your own dynamic DNS.

noir-york 10y ago

Symantec buying LifeLock, Oracle buying Dyn... hurry hurry get your acquisition in before Thanksgiving!

dx034 10y ago
Wait until they can repatriate offshore money next year. That will trigger a lot of acquisitions to just spend the money somehow.
- noir-york 10y ago
  Interesting point.

LoneWolf 10y ago

I have been unsing https://freedns.afraid.org https://freedns.afraid.org for 3 years. Seems to be a good service.

matheweis 10y ago

Awful! Just finished evaluating them and went with DNSMadeEasy instead. Doubly glad of that decision now...

SomeGermanGuy 10y ago

There is a open source alternative: https://www.nsupdate.info https://www.nsupdate.info You can roll your own or just use the one they setup. https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info The project is well maintained and they focus on security.

markild 10y ago
Dyn is much more a dynamic DNS provider, though that is probably what "most" people know about.
stevekemp 10y ago
I also setup a Dynamic DNS service, on top of Amazon's Route53, over at https://dhcp.io/ https://dhcp.io/ Unfortunately I had to suspend new registrations due to abuse, but the code is open and available on github: https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/ https://github.com/skx/dhcp.io/

donatj 10y ago

What percent of Oracle acquisitions don't end in either purposefully shutdown or shutdown due to management failure?

detaro 10y ago

earlier submission with more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13005172 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13005172

coroxout 10y ago

Inspired by other Oracle-bought products, perhaps they can make it so you can only update your DNS if you use their proprietary Java client, which uses an out-of-support version of Java even though Oracle own Java, and which tries to install adware every time you install/update it. (An out-of-date Java being a requirement of a recentish version of Oracle Financials, and Java on Windows defaults to installing browser toolbars every time. Because Oracle need those extra few cents from tricking users.)