Comment by ๐ฆ bsj38381
I may give dynu a try, since I want to use something where ai don't have to pay for anything, alongside using Caddy.
Sep 26 ยท 3 weeks ago
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+1 for freedns.afraid.org, I've been using it for years.
๐ norayr ยท Sep 27 at 01:23:
stack, i hate to suggest this, but cloudflare has this solution called argo tunnel.
you don't even need to have a real ip.
a) you point your primary/secondary nameservers to cloudflare.
b) you install a program called cloudflared.
c) you run it, it connects to cloudflare via encrypted tunnel.
now when a request to your domain comes to cf, it forwards it to your server. so no need for real ip.
๐ norayr ยท Sep 27 at 01:28:
of course there are more details but basically that is it.
otherwise, host in yggdrasil. (:
i did this trick with cloudflare argo tunnel for a friend: his isp suddenly started blocking port 443 of the real ip the same isp provided. so friends' mastodon became unavailable.
with xmpp it would not be a problem: in dns you can write which are your s2s and c2s ports and clients and servers will check dns and know how to contact your server.
but since activity pub works via http he could not simply change ports. so we solved it with argo tunnel.
๐ stack [OP] ยท Sep 27 at 01:48:
@norayr: does that work for gemini?
๐ธ chilledfrogs ยท Sep 28 at 17:40:
FWIW, I used DuckDNS for a while, no issues, can recommend unless you need more complicated TXT records such as for mail servers
๐ norayr ยท Sep 28 at 17:41:
i think no, it's already tls, you need cloudflare spectrum, which is paid.
๐ Phosphors-ghost ยท Sep 30 at 10:37:
Really recommend your own domain if you can afford it for a variety of reasons. I use porkbun and pointed ddclient at it. Otherwise, I have used nsupdate.info and really happy with them for a free, non commercial option.
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