In search for free domain I got IPQuick. It gives a random domain for any IP4&6. I know not reliable for commercial use but I just want a domain for nextcloud,fediverse and mail.

Questions 1.Is not IP keeps changing in short time will I need to Keep generating domains? 2.Any one using it?

  • Ambuj YadavOPEnglish
    21·
    11 months ago

    Will DDNS will be sufficient to host a fediverse server (I mean will other sites federate with it)

    • Kuinox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I don’t know, maybe ?
      But I recommand strongly to have your own domain name.
      As long as you do nothing illegal, when you own a domain name, you have legal recourse to keep it. It’s not the case for an email service mail like gmail, which can ban you for no reason tomorrow, and you have no recourse to get back your email address back.

      • Ambuj YadavOPEnglish
        53·
        11 months ago

        But I cant pay the cost these days. I breed on parent’s money 😅😆

        • Kuinox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          It’s a few euro per year, plus you can mutualize the cost with your family, take a domain name with your last name, this will allow your whole family to have [email protected].
          I just looked for my lastname, it’s around $10 per year.
          I’ll repeat this again, but it means you will own this domain name, you have legal ressources and big companies won’t be able to take your mail address from you.
          Else, use duckdns if you really don’t want to pay anything.

            • Kuinox@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              You just made a mistake into saying what domain name you will take, someone may buy it before you in order to extort money from you.
              It probably won’t happen but…

              • Perhyte@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                That domain currently hosts a “this domain may be for sale” page, but it’s been registered since 2005 so it’s definitely not because of this post.

              • pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                1·
                11 months ago

                That reminds me of my Linux server teacher in university. We were to buy a domain name from Namecheap or Gandi during class with some free credits, and the teacher was recommending lastname[dot]com if that was available.

                I happened to say aloud “yep, mylastname[dot]com is available” and he quickly sushed me as if I had named Voldemort aloud in Hogwarts, telling me that saying it is a really bad move… lol

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I don’t want to be rude but if you can’t afford a domain you probably shouldn’t be hosting a fediverse server.

      Honestly do you even need to expose services to the internet? Internet exposure is dangerous and is not necessary for 95% of things. You can use a mesh VPN like netbird or Tailscale if you need remote access.

      This isn’t me trying to offend you I just think it would be wise to reduce the scope of you projects.