Ddns Update Tool; General Information - MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 Reference Manual

DDNS Update Tool

Document revision 1.2 (Fri Mar 05 09:33:48 GMT 2004)
This document applies to MikroTik RouterOS V2.9
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Summary
Specifications
Related Documents
Description
Additional Documents
Dynamic DNS Update
Property Description
Notes
Example

General Information

Summary
Dynamic DNS Update Tool gives a way to keep domain name pointing to dynamic IP address. It
works by sending domain name system update request to name server, which has a zone to be
updated. Secure DNS updates are also supported.
The DNS update tool supports only one algorithm - hmac-md5. It's the only proposed algorithm for
signing DNS messages.
Specifications
Packages required: advanced-tools
License required: level1
Command name: /tool dns-update
Standards and Technologies:
Update (RFC 3007)
Hardware usage: Not significant
Related Documents
• Package Management
Description
Dynamic DNS Update is a tool that should be manually run to update dynamic DNS server.
Note that you have to have a DNS server that supports DNS updates properly configured.
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