[Cialug] network solutions

[Adam Hill]

Amazon's Route53 + Cli53 (command line Route53 DNS tool) is pretty
convenient and affordable at 50 cents per domain/month

http://aws.amazon.com/route53/
https://github.com/barnybug/cli53

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> Matt, what made you consider switching to another registar?
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Matt Stanton <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:
>
> > I have all of my domains at Dyn.com.  They have servers all over the
> > planet, and got their start with their dynamic DNS service back in the
> 90s.
> >  My original reason for using them was that they would let me set up some
> > of my subdomains as dynamic, with others as static, so I could have www.*
> > point to my server and home.* point to my dynamic IP at my house.
> >
> > After I switched from a physical, colocated box to Linode, I wrote a
> > little php script that would take web requests from my home computer
> (using
> > curl and the windows task scheduler running every 5 minutes) to grab the
> IP
> > address and the Linode DNS API to change the IP addresses of whichever
> > subdomains I specified.  This saved me that extra $30/domain I was paying
> > to get the "custom DNS service".
> >
> > Dyn has some awesome infrastructure, and I believe they might also be
> > running one or more of the root servers, but you also tend to pay extra
> for
> > their domains.  I think the .com/.net/.org/.us domains are $15/yr, while
> > I'm pretty sure other registrars provide those types of domains for as
> low
> > as $9.95/yr.
> >
> > I have thought about transferring to other registrars a few times, but
> > never really decided that the hassle of the move was worth the extra
> $15/yr
> > I might be paying for my three domains.
> >
> > -- Matt (N0BOX)
> >
> > Sent from my ASUS Transformer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>
> > To: cialug at cialug.org
> > Sent: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] network solutions
> >
> > On 2013-07-17 at 10:28:53, Nicolai wrote:
> > >On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:10:09AM -0500, Dave Hala wrote:
> > >> Gandi looks interesting, but I wonder if the electronic transfer of
> > >> funds to a foreign bank could be an issue.
> > >
> > >It's never been an issue for me, and I've been a customer since at
> > >least 2000.  Give them a try. :)
> >
> > When i was with Wells Fargo, using my card to pay Joker was never an
> > issue for me. Now i'm on a smaller credit union and their computer
> > freaks out whenever it sees a foreign transaction that i did not warn
> > them about in advance. It just depends on what financial institution
> > you are with. It is a simple problem that is easily fixed with a phone
> > call though. Not a big deal.
> > __
> > Daniel A. Ramaley
> > Network Engineer 2
> >
> > Dial Center 112, Drake University
> > 2407 Carpenter Ave / Des Moines IA 50311 USA
> > Tel: +1 515 271-4540
> > Fax: +1 515 271-1938
> > E-mail: daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
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