DSL connection troubles
My foray into dynamic web hosting just hit a snag.
Apparently, my DSL connection is a bit unstable: the connection sometimes drops on startup. This means I can't get PPPoE up, on which ddclient depends, so DynDNS does not get the updated dynamic IP and the URI points to an old IP. Another problem is that if the old IP now points to another host that has a webserver running, that would be disastrous. Imagine having someone else's website -- a hobbyist, perhaps, or -- heaven forbid -- a turd -- being pointed to by *my* web address.
Again, the options: get business DSL with static IP (too damn costly!) or hit on a free webhosting service. Or live with it, and give out the address only to trusted individuals.
Too bad I can't set up a round-robin type of dynamic IP redirection wherein if the web address being pointed to by the given IP has no authentication, the DDNS fails over to the next one on a list. That means several negotiations between the DNS server and the host machine (over SSL perhaps?). Uh, will have to check if that is even possible...
Oh, wait. How about modifying ddclient so that if it does not detect an active PPP connection, it brings up that connection? (It's been done before, I think.) Problem will be on the DDNS side, how will it know if the current IP in its stack points to the proper site? Answer: it does not, that's the whole point of dynamic IP redirection -- it's agnostic to the supposed destination.
Sheesh... problems, problems.
Apparently, my DSL connection is a bit unstable: the connection sometimes drops on startup. This means I can't get PPPoE up, on which ddclient depends, so DynDNS does not get the updated dynamic IP and the URI points to an old IP. Another problem is that if the old IP now points to another host that has a webserver running, that would be disastrous. Imagine having someone else's website -- a hobbyist, perhaps, or -- heaven forbid -- a turd -- being pointed to by *my* web address.
Again, the options: get business DSL with static IP (too damn costly!) or hit on a free webhosting service. Or live with it, and give out the address only to trusted individuals.
Too bad I can't set up a round-robin type of dynamic IP redirection wherein if the web address being pointed to by the given IP has no authentication, the DDNS fails over to the next one on a list. That means several negotiations between the DNS server and the host machine (over SSL perhaps?). Uh, will have to check if that is even possible...
Oh, wait. How about modifying ddclient so that if it does not detect an active PPP connection, it brings up that connection? (It's been done before, I think.) Problem will be on the DDNS side, how will it know if the current IP in its stack points to the proper site? Answer: it does not, that's the whole point of dynamic IP redirection -- it's agnostic to the supposed destination.
Sheesh... problems, problems.
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