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Comcast, dynamic DNS service



On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 02:04:48PM -0400, mattg at TheWorld.com wrote:
> > Anybody here been getting bugged by comcast to change their DNS
> > settings to accept dynamic DNS server assigmment from Comcast?
> >
> > They seem pretty insistent about it.  Emails of course, but snail mail
> > and a phone call?
> >
> > Anybody know whats going on?
> >
> 
> They've been bothering me, too.  Unless they run a split DNS (internal has
> a different view than external) I'll stay the way I am.  I run a caching
> DNS that starts by looking at the root servers.

My deepest concern is that they will either block or transparently proxy
all outbound udp on port 53 to their servers.  (or somesuch)





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