Ramblings on DNS
I currently work for No-IP, one of the original and largest Dynamic DNS providers in the world (since 1999!). I’ve learned a ton about DNS, reading RFC’s for fun, and helping users with mostly basic inquiries on why their “domain doesn’t work”.
One of the most valuable things I’ve learned over the years is how much most tech workers don’t know about DNS.
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying; “It’s always DNS.”
The Problem
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying. “It’s always DNS.”
I’ve learned a lot about DNS working at No-IP. After working with many sysadmins, systems architects, network security engineers, cloud professionals, etc. in a customer service role, it has surprised me how little most people in the Developer/Systems world know about DNS.
It turns out a lot of
A core part of what No-IP does relies on its Dynamic Update Clients. This software,