Free DNS management service

by sorich87 • 14 years ago

67 35 14 years ago

dpcx• 14 years ago

While an interesting concept, I don't think I'd be willing to trust my internet lifeblood to a group that has yet to make a name for themselves.

I'll just continue to host my own DNS.

lambada• 14 years ago

I'm not sure I'd trust something as mission-critical as DNS to a business which doesn't appear to have a viable business plan.

I noticed you're suggesting the freemium route - any details on how that's planning to work? Buying more record slots? Restrict certain types of records? Free GApps/Heroku/AWS configuration, custom configurations cost?

chrisblackwell• 14 years ago

I agree. I use pointhq.com because they have a free version, but they also have a paid version if you plan to use it on more then 10 domains. I think this is the better route to go.

maratd• 14 years ago

I went with Rackspace DNS, which is free and has no limits. There are many, many other options. I think Linode has a similar offering?

sorich87• 14 years ago

I am not affiliated to that site. I just saw it somewhere (can't remember where) and thought HN would find it interesting. Hopefully the owners notice the traffic bump and come here to reply to the questions.

laumars• 14 years ago

I don't get it, they say they're filling a niche, yet pretty much every registrar offers DNS tools for free anyway (after all, you bought a domain from them) and there are a number of free dynamic DNS services out there too.

Unless I'm overlooking some killer feature, this is a typical case of a startup not reviewing their market before hand.

primo44• 14 years ago

"Create an Account Now

It's free, sign up in 60 seconds"

Here's a free grammar correction for that comma splice:

"Create an Account Now

It's free. Sign up in 60 seconds"

Gilou• 14 years ago

Well, http://zoneedit.com/ has been around for quite long now, that does this, and has a business model that seems to work?

amar-c• 14 years ago

Or http://dns.he.net

Works OK for me..

ing33k• 14 years ago

I am still using this to host DNS for some sites and its pretty good.

zaphoyd• 14 years ago

For smaller deployments (they have a 50 domain limit on the free accounts), Hurricane Electric DNS has been great. The business case is straightforward and they have top notch IPv6 support.

davidu• 14 years ago

Actually, ZoneEdit is owned by Dotster.

zoowar• 14 years ago

Does ZoneEdit still transmit your password in plain text. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2064531

frannk• 14 years ago

i think DNSPOD.com is the best dns solution. and if you have 1k+ domains , dnspod.com is your only reasonable chioce.

tallanvor• 14 years ago

Not sure how you can claim that when their non-free plans are listed as "Coming soon".

ceejayoz2• 14 years ago

The home page's latest blog post is from June 2011 and is titled "DNSPod.com is returning to normal". I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

ightwave3• 14 years ago

0 out of the top 1000 Alexa domains are using dnspod.com so...

amalag• 14 years ago

namecheap does offer free dns, but an API controlled free DNS seems nice. The people who will likely need it are probably willing to pay $0.50 a month to amazon though.

deanpcmad• 14 years ago

Well the SSL certificate isn't valid so that's not a good start! I also use PointHQ.com and have been for about 2 and a half years now. Brilliant service. Built by the guys at aTech Media who make Codebase - http://codebasehq.com and a few more useful apps =]

omh• 14 years ago

Well the SSL certificate isn't valid so that's not a good start!

I think the certificate's valid, they're just not sending out a required intermediate certificate. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence though.

ightwave3• 14 years ago

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=entrydns.net

cmircea• 14 years ago

aTech Media has had Point free for a while. AFAIK it supports about the same features.

zimbatm• 14 years ago

These guys have been around for a long time: http://freedns.afraid.org/

ax0n• 14 years ago

A cautionary tale: I had good luck with ZoneEdit when they launched. It was/is kind of in the same space as this. Their new UI is okay, but yours looks a bit better. They started out with freemium, but eventually had to re-structure how their premium service worked, and in the process crippled how the free service worked. It got bad enough that I abandoned them.

Be very careful how you structure your premium offerings. People don't like when the free version starts losing features or capacity.

ightwave3• 14 years ago

dnsmadeeasy.com - $30/year - anycast - Google for their uptime record.

or if your site isn't worth the $30 just use your registrar's free dns.

secure• 14 years ago

It’s "made by geeks" but doesn’t support IPv6. I don’t buy that :-).

IgorPartola3• 14 years ago

It does. You have to create a zone, then edit it and it lets you add all the records. Startled me at first too, as IPv6 is my current #1 requirement for a DNS provider.

sek• 14 years ago

Route 53 is not really expensive, if you have just a few important domain I would use a service with a 100% up record. DNS is just too important.

ceejayoz2• 14 years ago

Agreed. We use it and it has been rock-solid, has a handy API, and a nice usable console that doesn't get in the way of someone who knows what they're doing.

The one bummer with Route53 is http://aws.amazon.com/route53/faqs/#DNSSEC.

j_s• 14 years ago

Many round-robin DNS failover providers can afford to offer free DNS, though API access is a differentiator:

http://www.cloudflare.com/plans

http://www.dnshat.com/free-dns.html

etc.

ck2• 14 years ago

You need to state how many servers you have and where they are geographically.

Site is friendly but devoid of a technical FAQ

(it's also slightly confusing in that it's not just DNS management you are offering but actual authoritative DNS service)

These are your competitors, at least the commercial ones:

http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/hosted-authoritative-...

magnetikonline• 14 years ago

Apart from hosting DNS myself (which I gave up on - not worth the effort), I have been using DNSMadeEasy - $30.00 for 10 domains is pretty good and they are rock solid.

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