[ale] Publicly available secondary DNS servers

[Alan Dobkin]

I don't have any experience with EveryDNS, but I have used The Public 
DNS Service (Granite Canyon) in the past, and I can tell you that it 
stinks.  It may be okay for hobby or test domains where you don't care 
if it is down or you are unable to update your information.  There has 
even been talk on their support newsgroup that their service is dead.

The only "free" service I can recommend is ZoneEdit.com.  They will give 
you up to 5 zones, and then you can pay them for additional "credits" if 
you need more than that.  If you're willing to pay a token amount, you 
could try DynDNS.org, which offers secondary DNS for only $15 per year 
(i.e. $1.25 per month) per zone, which helps fund the other free 
services they offer.

Another option is to use (which may involve transferring your domain, if 
necessary) a registrar that offers free DNS service with your domain 
registration fee.

Alan

On 12/31/2004 1:44 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote:

>What are some good recommendations regarding publicly available
>secondary (or primary) DNS servers? 
>
>I've quickly scanned EveryDNS and PublicDNS, are there others?
>
>Is there one that you would recommend?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Jim P.
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