I’ve been using duckdns for a few years and I was happy until today. It is not working and I want a backup.

Which do you recommend?

  • azdle@news.idlestate.org
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    9 months ago

    IMO, the best free option is https://freedns.afraid.org/. The biggest downside of that one is that you have to login a couple times a year (IIRC?) to keep it active. I actually still use this even though I have a paid domain, I just CNAME my real domains to the afraid dynamic name. That was easier than changing the config every time I become unhappy with my domain registrar and have to reconfigure everything after swapping.

    • Hopfgeist@feddit.de
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      9 months ago

      I also use this, and it works great. Another downside is that when using the free service, others can just use subdomains of your registered domains. You can always deny it, but you have to do it manually. With the premium subscriptions you can prevent that automatically for a number of domains, depending on how much you pay.

    • owen@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Same. I actually started donating monthly because I like it so much