Thanks for this answer. Am I allowed to assume that there is no security flaw within such little peace of software ?
Le samedi 25 juillet 2009 C 18:16 +0200, Ingo Schwarze a C)crit : > Hi Jean-Francois, > > > Is this wise to use ddclient according to one's experience, > > Well, ddclient is rather low quality Perl code, but it does its job. > > Actually, regarding a DynDNS client, the quality of the code is less > important than the care it takes to avoid unnecessary updates, such > that you don't get banned by your DynDNS provider for performing > bogus updates and contributing to useless server load on their side. > In that respect, ddclient is so good that it is the number one > recommended client by dyndns.org. > > > or which dyn dns client is recommended within openbsd if else ? > > I don't think the choice of your DynDNS client needs to depend that > much on the operating system you use. On OpenBSD, ddclient runs well, > and the port is up to date and maintained (by Joerg Zinke). > So i would say, just go ahead and use it. > > > I can't find details about ddclient such as a man page ? > > No, last time i checked, there wasn't any manual page or other > stand-alone documentation. > > > Do we have to guess with the only ddclient.conf ? > > Yes, the sample configuration file is meant to be self-documenting, > and indeed, nearly everything you need to know is contained in there. > In case you do want to know more, read the ddclient Perl script itself, > it is very short. > > Yours, > Ingo
