Ask YC: What DNS provider do you use ?

[whyleyc]

I'm looking for a DNS provider that will provide me with the ability to set a low TTL value for my domain but not charge me the earth.

I don't mind paying a monthly fee as long as it's reasonable, but the provider has to be rock solid (i.e. very reliable).

Does anyone have any recommendations ?

[davidu]

I run EveryDNS and am looking for an ALL-STAR PHP/MySQL hacker who wants to help take it over. You must be in San Francisco.

This is a simple business that can easily grow to make $1mm a year (and with some work, $5mm/year). I will help you understand how to grow and run a business. I am focused on OpenDNS these days and EveryDNS has been neglected (though we added AAAA support on Saturday night).

In addition to the business side of things, I will also teach you about networking, routing, BGP, and every other aspect of running a world-class global operation that provides a necessary service to the Internet.

Contact me directly -- david at ulevitch dot com.

[PStamatiou → davidu]

david rocks!

he let me crash at his place a while ago.

[cdr → davidu]

a) Your error messages are not noticeable enough - they're way too far from the register/login area.

b) Why not let people use e-mail address as username (aka why limit usernames)?

[davidu → cdr]

Because I am focused on building OpenDNS (profitable, hiring, etc).

EveryDNS is a usability nightmare. The service is TOP NOTCH and RELIABLE but the website needs an overhaul. I cry myself to sleep every night thinking about it. :-)

[noelchurchill → davidu]

everydns rocks!

[andr]

http://everydns.net

Great track record (total of 1 hour of downtime due to DDoS for past 4 years). Nice features. Free, but don't forget to donate.

[hobbs]

Real hackers run their own hand-coded DNS server.

Seriously, though, I run a DNS server on the same machine that runs my [small] web server, etc. There is an argument to be made that you need failover machines for DNS, but my counter-argument is that if my web server machine is dead, no amount of DNS redundancy is going to fix anything.

[zenlinux → hobbs]

For a website only, that's not a big deal. However if you also have email for that domain, mail will immediately start bouncing when DNS goes down.

[chaostheory]

http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/

it's reasonable.

[zenlinux → chaostheory]

I've been using DNS Made Easy for a while. I find the prices are very good if you have a bunch of domains to host. I'm using five nameservers for each domain and that seems like plenty of redundancy.

[fiaz]

I've been using zoneedit.com

Very kludgy site, but it gets the job done for free.

[azsromej → fiaz]

Same here

[cstejerean]

editdns.net - it's free for basic features (and donation supported for a full account). Siple interface that doesn't get in your way. And nameservers in US and EU. Have Neva had any issues since I started (about a year ago)

[etheriau]

I use DynDns; they do yearly fees of around $60 (depending on what you want) and its very solid. They also have great customer support, so its easy to ask questions at any time.

[rob]

I use EveryDNS. Never had any problems, and even donated.

[carpal]

I've been using editdns: http://www.editdns.net/

Its free, and has worked very well for me over the past year.

[thorax]

I use primarily my own DNS servers (linux/bind), but also some addresses uses domainmonger.com and godaddy.com DNS.

[cstejerean]

editdns.net - it's free for basic features (and donation supported for a full account). Siple interface that doesn't get in your way. And nameservers in US and EU. Have Neva had any issues since I started (about a year ago)

[prakash]

Why do you need low ttl's? Can you clarify the problem you are trying to solve?

[whyleyc → prakash]

Yes - SPOF on some hardware means I'd like to be able to make DNS edits on the fly to redirect users to a status page in the event of a problem.

[thinkcomp]

We run our own using MyDNS. It has a few bugs, but by and large it works.

[dedalus]

UltraDNS