Anyone using No-IP?

[Mirage]

Anyone using No-IP?

I'm just curious about this service. Anybody have any bad experiences? Any problems with security etc. I'm just leary of putting my server on the net, I feel vunerable. Am I worring needlessly?

 

[Phantom]

If you are worried don't make a shard or just, get yourself a firewall, helps with security.

 

[NikG43]

i have used it for a little over a year. all it does is redirect people to your current IP. they have nothing to do with your securty. just keep up a firewall and only open ports that are needed

 

[Mirage]

Thanks NikG43

After reading through the No-IP web site, I got the impression that was all they offered (for free). I'm currently behind a firewall (ZoneAlarm) and a LinkSys router, so I figure I ought to be pretty secure. I was just trying to find out some personal experiences with the service. I'll probably give it a try.

Thanks to all!

 

[Bradley]

I use it. It works great, never had a problem with them.

 

[Phantom]

They are free monstly, you cannot use your own domain without paying.

 

[tRu3 p1mP]

easy to get ip

i dont really see the point in no-ip since the ip of the shard is easily attainable even with that

 

[psz]

It's mostly so that people don't have to remember IP addresses or for people whose IP address changes from time to time (Some DSL providers do this).

Have the No-IP or the DynDns allows you to have a DNS name no matter what IP you are using (Easy enough to update, most of the time you can get an app to auto-update if the IP changes)

 

[ainis]

We currently use no-ip for our shard, for alpha testing purpose. Being hosted on a ADSL line .... no-ip was a pretty economic solution to publish a name.

If you want more info, just drop me a call on ICQ at 206231668.

Ciao
G.

 

[Rooster2]

Re: easy to get ip

i dont really see the point in no-ip since the ip of the shard is easily attainable even with that

UOG allows you to block the actual dns / IP being sent anyway.. So I suppose it depends on what you consider easy.. In like 1.5, sure, you could see the IP / dns and do a ping from there. But now that the option is there to block that info, it is actually much harder. Your average gamer doesn't sit around with packet/port sniffers...

BTW - That option on UOG is called "Hide Settings Page".

 

[A Cow]

umm.. one thing about that zone alarm firewall.. some time last year i was on a site with tutorals (come for hacking but i was looking for the XP modding ones.. makes my XP so much faster) and there are alot on how to crack zonealram.. i would sugest blackice.