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I don't have a static IP at home. It changes every few weeks. I have a hack where a cron job uploads my home IP to a cloud server so I can know what it is when

by rannug 8y ago

I don't have a static IP at home. It changes every few weeks. I have a hack where a cron job uploads my home IP to a cloud server so I can know what it is when the IP changes. Maybe a Distributed Hash Table DNS interface is in order? I think it could work if you cache your peers, and reach out to let them know your current state. Even during the Venezuela blackouts, not all IPs went dark.

bo1024 8y ago
That would be really cool! The question I see is how to handle resolutions where two people both claim to be example.com. Maybe you could use some cryptography to make sure it's always whoever first claims a domain.
jlgaddis 8y ago
> I have a hack where a cron job uploads my home IP to a cloud server so I can know what it is when the IP changes. I don't have a clue what a "Distributed Hash Table DNS interface" is, but I'll note that a solution [0] to this problem has been around for over two decades. [0]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2136 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2136