DynamicDNS and OpenWRT, was re: DHCP question

[Dan Shoop]

At 12:09 PM -0400 3/21/07, Chris Murphy wrote:
>On Mar 21, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Dan Shoop wrote:
>
>>>"DDNS allows you to access your network using domain names instead 
>>>of IP addresses. The service manages changing IP addresses and 
>>>updates your domain information dynamically. You must sign up for 
>>>service through DynDNS.org, freedns.afraid.org, ZoneEdit.com, 
>>>No-IP.com or Custom."
>>
>>Which is, as pointed out, not Dynamic DNS.
>>
>>DynamicDNS is where as you do things like assign IP addresses to 
>>machines using DHCP you also -- get this -- *dynamically* assign a 
>>DNS forward and reverse entry in your DNS service for the machine 
>>in question. It's an integral part of Active Directory and an RFC.
>>
>>So it is not in any way shape or for the same thing.
>>That is DynDNS != Dynamic DNS.
>
>The DD-WRT people because they call it DDNS and define that as 
>DynamicDNS. DynDNS.org also calls their service DDNS (DynamicDNS). 
>Wikipedia also defines it this way, as well as the way you are using 
>it. *shrug*
>
>So if you have a problem with the usage of this terminology, there 
>are at least several groups to take it up with.

Do you xerox a document or photocopy it?

Just b/c the unwashed masses are wrong all the time doesn't make it right.
-- 

-dhan

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