Keeping up with IP number changes

[octosphere]

https://leancrew.com/all-this/2018/11/keeping-up-with-ip-number-changes/

[Piskvorrr]

Or just use any of the dynamic DNS services and have the script update the address automatically (sadly, zzzz.io is now gone)

[octosphere → Piskvorrr]

> zzzz.io is in sunset mode. It will shut down in Q1 2019. No new registrations are possible. All good things must come to an end.

How zen of them

[Piskvorrr → octosphere]

Zen? IIRC, their problem was that malware was using them.

[octosphere → Piskvorrr]

I was referring to this: "All good things must come to an end". It's a very Buddhist way of looking at your online service. Most services try to stay afloat for a decade, and few make it that far.

[turblety]

> dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

Nice little line of code there for fetching your IP address.