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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Linux dynamic IP updater "DDClient"

DDclient is an open-source dynamic IP update client written in Perl. ddclient is available here: http://ddclient.wiki.sourceforge.net/
Below is the ddclient.conf template for opendns and dyndns services.
To use ddclient with OpenDNS, please use the following configuration.
##
## OpenDNS.com account-configuration
##
use=web, web=whatismyip.org
server=updates.opendns.com
protocol=dyndns2      
login=opendns_username
password=opendns_password
opendns_network_label

Make sure SSL is enabled at the top of the configuration (ssl=yes # use ssl-support.)

To use ddclient with DynDNS, please use the following configuration.
##
## DynDNS.com account-configuration
##
use=web, web=checkip.dyndns,org, web-skip='IP Address'
server=members.dyndns.org 
protocol=dyndns2      
login=dyndns_username
password=dyndns_password
Dyndns_HostName

Make sure SSL is enabled at the top of the configuration (ssl=yes # use ssl-support.)

My ddclient.conf
# Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf
## /etc/ddclient.conf

## use ssl support
ssl=yes

##
## DynDns.com account configuration
##
protocol=dyndns2
use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.com, web-skip='IP Address'
server=members.dyndns.org
login=xxxxxx
password='123456abcd'
xxxxxx.xxxxxx.net

##
##opendns.com account configuration
##
protocol=dyndns2
server=updates.opendns.com
use=web, web=whatismyip.org
login=xxxxxxxx_xxxxx
password='123456abcd'
ipcop

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