If freedns.afraid.org accepted Bitcoin

[novusordo]

Their free account gives you DNS hosting, and 5 free subdomains (from your own domain, or from their large list of donated domains)  with A, AAAA, CNAME, NS, MX, TXT, SPF, LOC, HINFO, RP, and SRV records. They also do dynamic DNS and backup DNS.

The premium account gives you from 25 to 500 subdomains, 3 to 30 stealth flags (basically the ability to add your own domains to their system, without listing them on the public list for others to add subdomains to), and wildcard DNS. Their premium accounts range from $30 to $600 a year.

I'm just trying to gauge interest, as I recently sent the admin of the site an email requesting that he accept Bitcoin. I use their free service right now with my own domain, and I've never noticed any downtime.

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[ralree]

I currently use these guys, and I'd definitely chip in if they were cool enough to accept BTC.

[novusordo]

Added poll option: "I already pay for their premium service."

[Envious]

Does this mean you work for them and are really  considering accepting Bitcoins as a payment method? If they did accept Bitcoins I would switch to the premium service straight away.

[Lethos]

I use them and have found them to be reliable backup DNS so far.
I host my own DNS so I rarely have a major need for it, but it's nice to know I do have a backup.
But contributing via bitcoins for tech services is something I would like to see more of so voted yes.

[Insu Dra]

I host my own DNS so I rarely have a major need for it, but it's nice to know I do have a backup.

Same here, some of my apps use domains hosted by them as a backup. I don't have a need for premium so far but would consider trowing them some coins if they had the option 

[novusordo]

Does this mean you work for them and are really  considering accepting Bitcoins as a payment method? If they did accept Bitcoins I would switch to the premium service straight away.

No, I'm just a user trying to get them to accept BTC.

[antares]

sorry, wouldnt use them. I have my own DNS recursor and my own DNS server, which I can add whatever records I want, including(what they dont seem to include) rDNS PTR records, for IPv6 addresses for example. My own box also does dyndns, with a lower TTL than any service I have seen before(which was the initial reason to set it up for me). I'm good with what I got, and it costs me only $40 a year for hosting.

[Malophor]

I wonder how they would feel about a reseller that accepted BTC at payment. It would seem that model would fit a lot of current businesses. "Yeah, I'd like to become a reseller -- and I'll deal in BTC." I think it would end up encouraging more merchants to directly accept BTC.

[novusordo]

I wonder how they would feel about a reseller that accepted BTC at payment. It would seem that model would fit a lot of current businesses. "Yeah, I'd like to become a reseller -- and I'll deal in BTC." I think it would end up encouraging more merchants to directly accept BTC.

I don't quite get what you mean. Are you referring to companies such as Bitpay and Paysius, which take BTC from customers and optionally give the merchant a different currency?

[Malophor]

I mean that a person could possibly do good business by simply looking for resale opportunities with existing companies. For example, domain name registration. If you become a reseller from godaddy you get a discount and other perks for a certain volume of sales of their services. In some cases, you can even rebrand those services as your own. Sell those domains with BTC. You don't have to do anything other than forward on orders in many instances. Arguably offering products for resale with BTC sales opens it up to a new market. Bitinstant would work with godaddy directly to allow them to accept BTC -- but that requires changes on their end whereas they already have the capability to handle resale.

[novusordo]

I mean that a person could possibly do good business by simply looking for resale opportunities with existing companies. For example, domain name registration. If you become a reseller from godaddy you get a discount and other perks for a certain volume of sales of their services. In some cases, you can even rebrand those services as your own. Sell those domains with BTC. You don't have to do anything other than forward on orders in many instances. Arguably offering products for resale with BTC sales opens it up to a new market. Bitinstant would work with godaddy directly to allow them to accept BTC -- but that requires changes on their end whereas they already have the capability to handle resale.

Ok, I get what you mean now. I've seen some of that already with Bitcoin, and I certainly expect it to continue if already-established businesses don't begin to accept it when their userbase is asking them to. I've seen many people give others BTC to order food, for instance.

sorry, wouldnt use them. I have my own DNS recursor and my own DNS server, which I can add whatever records I want, including(what they dont seem to include) rDNS PTR records, for IPv6 addresses for example. My own box also does dyndns, with a lower TTL than any service I have seen before(which was the initial reason to set it up for me). I'm good with what I got, and it costs me only $40 a year for hosting.

FreeDNS.afraid.org supports IPv6 PTR's in the IPv6 reverse DNS section, according to Josh (admin of freedns). I've never used that feature myself.

[antares]

yep, just saw it - I overlooked the obvious - its linked on their main page.

could you ask them whether they can also provide domain registrations with full delegation? I've been looking for a provider that allows me custom glue records and other very freaky(from a point of usecase) stuff on a higher level.

[novusordo]

yep, just saw it - I overlooked the obvious - its linked on their main page.

could you ask them whether they can also provide domain registrations with full delegation? I've been looking for a provider that allows me custom glue records and other very freaky(from a point of usecase) stuff on a higher level.

Their email is admin <at> afraid.org.

[Sant001]

I was considering www.buddyns.com instead, they seem much more modern and refreshing.

But I don't understand how they would get my DNS records if I don't have to insert their IP into my Bind's config file, anybody gets how their service works?

And it's free as well, seems easy to use (once I figure it out haha). And they have the vanilla ns servers which is quite cheap as well.

Sorry, no bitcoins supported though (yet).

[Lethos]

I was considering www.buddyns.com instead, they seem much more modern and refreshing.

But I don't understand how they would get my DNS records if I don't have to insert their IP into my Bind's config file, any gets how their service works?

I've used Buddyns, i'm not a fan, freedns.afraid.org is better in my experience.
I personally had problems with them not updating the records when they should be, my 3 other backups had no issue, just buddy.

[Sant001]

I've used Buddyns, i'm not a fan, freedns.afraid.org is better in my experience.
I personally had problems with them not updating the records when they should be, my 3 other backups had no issue, just buddy.

Do you know how their 1-click activation works?

Seems they have since improved on the area you had problem. I liked them mainly for the simplicity of their pricing, not like the Route53 price schemes that gives me a headache just to think about it.

[Lethos]

I've used Buddyns, i'm not a fan, freedns.afraid.org is better in my experience.
I personally had problems with them not updating the records when they should be, my 3 other backups had no issue, just buddy.

Do you know how their 1-click activation works?

Seems they have since improved on the area you had problem. I liked them mainly for the simplicity of their pricing, not like the Route53 price schemes that gives me a headache just to think about it.

Yeah I was aware of it. That had it's flaws too. But I'd rather not derail the topic of the thread.

[hm]

http://freedns.afraid.org/premium/bitcoin/

Page updated: 2013-11-28

Now experimenting with Bitcoin for Premium Benefits

I'm considering to buy premium.

[poordeveloper]

They're now accepting Bitcoin!