Running own servers

[n0oct at sbcglobal.net]

> Joshua Tinnin gamera at pacbell.net wrote on 
> Tue Dec 21 19:56:20 PST 2004
> >On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:24:17PM -0500, RL wrote:
> >Hi. I currently have a cable modem, but I want to (if it's not too
> >pricey) run my own servers including DNS server.  My cable provider
> >currently doesn't offer static IPs so I have a dynamic.  How would I
> >go about setting up my own DNS? Would I do it through the cable
> >modem?
> >Wouldn't I have to buy an IP block and be the authority for it? I'm a
> >little lost. :)

> You will have problems doing this unless you have a static IP. I don't
> think any cable service offers that. You can run a DNS server on an
> internal network in your case. It's also possible to run a dynamic IP
> resolver service, like No-IP's (dns/noip), but that is far from
> perfect,
> unless you're just doing this for testing. For any real-world purpose,
> you really have to have a static IP and a fully-qualified hostname. I
> have read of people running their own servers for everyday use using
> something like No-IP, but if you're running a mail server, you will
> most
> likely have to deal with mail being rejected because of blacklisting
> (many ISPs block all major ISPs' dynamic blocks from sending to their
> mail servers to prevent spam), as well as reverse dns problems.

While the reverse DNS thing is true, the mailservers can be set up to
use a smarthost and still operate off a dynamic IP address.  Mine do.

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JS