No-IP

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No-IP by Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, LLC.
Type LLC.
Founded 1999 Vitalwerks LLC
Headquarters Reno, Nevada, Reno
Industry DNS and Hosting
Products
Website No-IP.com

Vitalwerks LLC is the parent company of No-IP which is a leading Dynamic DNS provider for both paid and free services. No-IP offers not only DNS services but also email, network monitoring and SSL certificates. Email services include "POP3" email, outbound SMTP email, backup mail services and mail reflection and filtering.

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[edit] History

No-IP was launched in October of 1999 offering free Dynamic DNS and URL redirection. Users were able to create a sub-domain under a few domains owned by No-IP. In May of 2000, Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, LLC was formed as the parent company of No-IP. In January of 2001 No-IP began offering paid managed DNS services which allowed users to set up dynamic DNS using their own domain name. Later that year they began offering email services to complement their DNS product. With growing popularity, No-IP has been featured in magazines such as PC magazine[1] and Mac User[2] and also a segment on Tech TV[3]. After the success of their DNS service they began reselling domain names in 2002 and in 2006 became an ICANN accredited registrar.

[edit] Technology and Services

No-IP's core product is Dynamic DNS services ("DDNS"). They provide both free and paid services to customers using dynamic IP addresses. Dynamic IP addresses are common on residential cable or dsl broadband accounts. The free service allows users to setup between one and five host names on a domain name provided by No-IP. The host name will then resolve to the current IP address of that users computer. A software client is also provided by No-IP for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that can be run on the computer that has the dynamic address. The software client may also be used on a computer behind a router that has a dynamic address. When the IP changes on the customers machine the update is sent to No-IP so that No-IP's name servers will be updated to resolve the host name to the new IP address. The time it takes to make this change is generally under 5 minutes. No-IP also provides other server and IP management services.

[edit] Dynamic DNS API

With many consumer and business users connected to the internet with a dynamic IP address a changing IP address becomes an issue. With Dynamic DNS a host name such as mysite.no-ip.com is linked up to the users dynamic IP address. Whenever the IP changes a dynamic dns client will send an update to No-IP with the current IP address and then No-IP propagates the DNS change to the internet within seconds.[citation needed]

To facilitate ip address updates, No-IP has an open protocol that allows software developers and hardware manufactures to communicate via HTTP to notify them of an IP address change.

Many router manufactures such as DLink[4], Sonicwall[5], SMC[6], and Toshiba[7] have built in support for No-IP's Dynamic DNS protocol.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ Dealing with Dynamic IP Addresses - Expert Help by PC Magazine
  2. ^ MacUser - Mac News, Reviews and Know-How
  3. ^ http://www.no-ip.com/media/tech-tv-sm.mpg
  4. ^ Setting up D-LINK Routers with No-IP Dynamic DNS
  5. ^ SonicWALL Help
  6. ^ http://www.smc.com/files/AP/DS_BR18VPN_EN.pdf
  7. ^ Using A Toshiba Security Camera systems with No-IP

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