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No more passwords! API Tokens now supported

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Now-DNS has rolled out support for token based logins on its free DDNS service . Previously users were required to use their site password in their update scripts, this is no longer the case Using tokens is easy and each user account can create up to 10 tokens Navigate to the Account page and select "Generate Token"  The token can then be used in place of your site password in your update scripts and tools. Not got an account? Sign up here Happy updating!
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DNS over HTTPS client resolver

Perhaps you are worried about DNS manipulation attacks, or the privacy of your DNS lookups. Eliminating DNS over UDP on your network might be something you want to achieve. This guide shows how to install a DNS resolver on a CentOS 7 system that will forward all your DNS queries to Google via HTTPS. Sounds crazy, but actually the performance was completely reasonable for casual browsing. This tutorial is based around using the code for the https_dns_proxy project Install some required packages; yum install -y git cmake c-ares-devel gcc gcc-c++ libnghttp2-devel pdns-recursor Fetch the latest libcurl source code (7.56.1 at the time of writing) wget https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.56.1.tar.gz Compile libcurl with nghttp2 and ssl support ./configure --with-nghttp2 --with-ssl make sudo make install  Clone the https_dns_proxy code and build it git clone https://github.com/aarond10/https_dns_proxy.git cmake . make Now configure p...
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Creating a Free DDNS Service

Now DNS would not be possible without open source software which we rely heavily on. Our core software stack relies on the following projects; CentOS Apache PHP PostgreSQL PowerDNS BIND NGINX NodeJS Postfix LetsEncrypt We are thankful to al those who contribute to these projects and make them possible! In addition to open source software Now DNS utilises services from the following providers in order to operate OVH Namecheap We recommend all our suppliers as they provide excellent value for money with a high quality of service.
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HTTPS enabled URL Shortener

Thanks to free SSL certificates from LetsEncrypt  our URL shortening service  now fully supports HTTPS. All existing shortened URLs will automatically by redirected to their HTTPS equivalent.
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IPv6 enabled DDNS

From today Now-DNS is providing full IPv6 support for all our DNS services, including; Updates from IPv6 networks will now set the source IPv6 address We continue to support IPv6 for our name servers as we have done since 2016! If you need a free dynamic DNS service that fully supports IPv6 please check out https://now-dns.com
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Howto Setup a Minecraft Server at Home

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This simple guide will show you how to run a Minecraft server from home that will allow friends to join your server. It should only take a few minutes to setup by anyone (you don't have to be a network ninja!) Sign up for Free DDNS at Now-DNS and configure an easy to remember hostname from one of our many free domains. The domain crafting.xyz was added especially for Minecraft use, it is available in the drop down list. Install the free Windows DDNS client to keep your hostname up to date with you IP address. Download UPnP wizard and install it. Setup port forwarding using UPnP wizard - Start up UPnP Wizard and add a port mapping for TCP port 25565 by clicking the "+" icon. Download Minecraft Server Start the server - Open a cmd prompt. - Change into the directory that you downloaded the minecraft server into. - Launch the server using java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.1.11.jar nogui . - If this is the first time you have launc...
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DNS Lookup over HTTP

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Did you know that Now DNS provides a simple API to perform DNS lookups over HTTP? Example Query: https://now-dns.com/nslookup.php?q=bing.com&type=mx Results are returned in JSON format making it easy to parse and use in code.
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