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Misanthrope
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Re: No vanity hosts or PTR
This has been brought up before a few times:
»Embarq - does not provide reverse DNS - what the F%^&?
»Any news on Static IP service front?
I can't find the particular post that I'm thinking of that was from an Embarq insider who said that the idea of allowing custom PTR records was discussed, but never gained traction toward becoming a reality either within Sprint or now under Embarq.
-Eric |
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gatorkram
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| Thanks for the links.
I wonder why they won't provide vanity ptr records. It's not like it takes more than two seconds for someone to setup.
I could understand wanting to keep someone from asking for changes over and over, but they could handle that with a fee.
I don't need it, it's not like I am running an email server or anything, it was more wanting some value out of the $4.95 a month.
I wasn't even expecting cross domain naming, like having my own domain, and using that as part of the host/ptr setup, I'd have been happy with something like gatorkram.embarqhsd.net hehe
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Lets Golf
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Davenport, FL
| said by gatorkram  :Thanks for the links. I wonder why they won't provide vanity ptr records. It's not like it takes more than two seconds for someone to setup. I could understand wanting to keep someone from asking for changes over and over, but they could handle that with a fee. I don't need it, it's not like I am running an email server or anything, it was more wanting some value out of the $4.95 a month. I wasn't even expecting cross domain naming, like having my own domain, and using that as part of the host/ptr setup, I'd have been happy with something like gatorkram.embarqhsd.net hehe Vanity PTR records are not available at this time. If you are residential, they will never be available, as with any ISP residential service. |
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gatorkram
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clubs: | Yeah, it's just kind of a bummer. Not much value when you look at the setup fee, plus a monthly fee.
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Misanthrope
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Minneapolis, MN | Depends on what you're doing, I guess.
For anything that involves IP-level configuration (ie, firewalls, Apache .htaccess restrictions, SSH RSA-key allowed-hosts) the static IP is well worth $4.95/mo.
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NormanS
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San Jose, CA
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| reply to Lets Golf
said by Lets Golf :Vanity PTR records are not available at this time. If you are residential, they will never be available, as with any ISP residential service. Are you certain that there are no residential ISPs which offer custom PTR records? I found one:
»DSL Extreme FAQ »Can I get custom reverse DNS for my IP(s)?
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gatorkram
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| said by NormanS :said by Lets Golf :Vanity PTR records are not available at this time. If you are residential, they will never be available, as with any ISP residential service. Are you certain that there are no residential ISPs which offer custom PTR records? I found one: » DSL Extreme FAQ » Can I get custom reverse DNS for my IP(s)? ROFL 
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Lets Golf
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Davenport, FL | reply to NormanS
Good Call
So most residential ISP's don't offer PTR records |
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clubs: | reply to NormanS
When I worked with SBC I know that we did offer PTR. I'm pretty sure that Bellsouth does to, but I wouldn't swear on it. |
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NormanS
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San Jose, CA
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| 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' (formerly SBC) will set up PTR records, but I don't know if their static IP packages qualify as "residential". They will sell a /29 block of IP addresses to residential users, but the price is around $80 (depending on the package). And the IP addresses are "sticky static" (similar to MAC address reservation in some SOHO routers), not true static.
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