No-IP
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Vitalwerks LLC is the parent company of No-IP which is a Dynamic DNS
provider for paid and free services. No-IP offers DNS services, email, network monitoring and SSL certificates. Email services include POP3 email, outbound SMTP email, backup mail services and mail reflection and filtering.
and URL redirection
. Users were able to create a sub-domain under a few domains owned by No-IP. In May 2000, Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, LLC was formed as the parent company of No-IP. In January 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 and Mac User and also a segment on Tech TV. They began reselling domain names in 2002 and in 2006 became an ICANN accredited registrar.
services ("DDNS"). The basic dynamic DNS services using a domain owned by No-IP are free to use as long as the account remains active. An upgraded service to use your own domain name will cost about $25 for the year. Dynamic IP address
es 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 user's 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. No-IP also provides other DNS, e-mail
, and Network Monitoring services.
To facilitate IP address updates, No-IP has an open protocol that allows software developers and hardware manufacturers to communicate via HTTP to notify them of an IP address change.
Router manufacturers such as DLink, Sonicwall, SMC, and Toshiba have built in support for No-IP's Dynamic DNS protocol.
Some third party firmware, such as DD-WRT, also include No-IP in their selection of DDNS providers for routers that are compatible and do not have it from the manufacturer.
Dynamic DNS
Dynamic DNS or DDNS is a term used for the updating in real time of Internet Domain Name System name servers to keep up to date the active DNS configuration of their configured hostnames, addresses and other information....
provider for paid and free services. No-IP offers DNS services, email, network monitoring and SSL certificates. Email services include POP3 email, outbound SMTP email, backup mail services and mail reflection and filtering.
History
No-IP was launched in October 1999 offering free Dynamic DNSDynamic DNS
Dynamic DNS or DDNS is a term used for the updating in real time of Internet Domain Name System name servers to keep up to date the active DNS configuration of their configured hostnames, addresses and other information....
and URL redirection
URL redirection
URL redirection, also called URL forwarding and the very similar technique domain redirection also called domain forwarding, are techniques on the World Wide Web for making a web page available under many URLs.- Similar domain names :...
. Users were able to create a sub-domain under a few domains owned by No-IP. In May 2000, Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, LLC was formed as the parent company of No-IP. In January 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 and Mac User and also a segment on Tech TV. They began reselling domain names in 2002 and in 2006 became an ICANN accredited registrar.
Technology and Services
No-IP's core product is Dynamic DNSDynamic DNS
Dynamic DNS or DDNS is a term used for the updating in real time of Internet Domain Name System name servers to keep up to date the active DNS configuration of their configured hostnames, addresses and other information....
services ("DDNS"). The basic dynamic DNS services using a domain owned by No-IP are free to use as long as the account remains active. An upgraded service to use your own domain name will cost about $25 for the year. Dynamic IP address
IP address
An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing...
es 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 user's 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. No-IP also provides other DNS, e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
, and Network Monitoring services.
Dynamic DNS API
Dynamic DNS a host name such as mysite.no-ip.com is linked up to the user's 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.To facilitate IP address updates, No-IP has an open protocol that allows software developers and hardware manufacturers to communicate via HTTP to notify them of an IP address change.
Router manufacturers such as DLink, Sonicwall, SMC, and Toshiba have built in support for No-IP's Dynamic DNS protocol.
Some third party firmware, such as DD-WRT, also include No-IP in their selection of DDNS providers for routers that are compatible and do not have it from the manufacturer.