Interesting game the I.T. big boys are playing

[noel_w]

Wondered why my no-ip hostnames have stopped working till I found this.


http://www.noip.com/blog/


I think it is a case of my d!$% is bigger than your d!$%. Have to go back to using IP's until it is resolved (pun intended)

[paceman]

order slowly being restored...

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/order-restored-to-universe-as-microsoft-surrenders-confiscated-no-ip-domains/

[noel_w]

Yeah my servebeer.com hostnames have become active again in the last 1/2 hour. I had to go searching for my IP's, had no idea what they were without logging in to no-ip.com. Just shows how lazy we become.

[paceman]

Yeah my servebeer.com hostnames have become active again in the last 1/2 hour. I had to go searching for my IP's, had no idea what they were without logging in to no-ip.com. Just shows how lazy we become.

DNS is supposed to make things easier...   only when it works, though...

[whatsa]

Yeah these can be a problem ... pity so many botnets ruin it for honest people
meh if its really important and you have a static just get a real one.

[paceman]

Yeah these can be a problem ... pity so many botnets ruin it for honest people
meh if its really important and you have a static just get a real one.

that's what i do.... not an option for some, though...