[TenTec] Omni VII / Static IP address

[Frank Kirschner]

Geoff,

 Thanks. That's useful information. I was entering a password and jumped to the conclusion that the system used the password for connection.

 73,
 Frank
 KF6E

----- Original Message -----
From: geoffrey mendelson
Sent: 10/19/11 09:15 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII / Static IP address

 On Oct 19, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Frank Kirschner wrote: > Don't these DNS servers use password protection? I briefly used one > for remote access (can't remember which one, but it wasn't DynDNS), > and it had password protection. I would think a reasonable > implementation would include that. No. Anyone can access them. They use password protection to UPDATE them, but the whole point of DNS is that anyone can in the world can use them. In fact that requirement is in the specs. Geoff.