Questions in regards to Domain and port 80 being blocked

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Fri Jul 23 12:33:54 PDT 2004


"alden.pierre" <alden.pierre at verizon.net> wrote:
> I have a few questions in requards to registering a domain.
> 
> 1.  My ISP blocks port 80 is there a work around which will allow me to 
> run my own web server?

There are dozens of workarounds, but you can lose your internet access as
they all violate your agreement.

> 2.  My IP is dynamic will this effect me if I want to run my own email, 
> ftp, or web server?

Yes, you'll need some way to automagically update the DNS when the IP
changes, there are ways to accomplish this as well.

> 3.  Since my IP is dynamic is there a specific domain register I should 
> be looking into?

Don't know a specific answer to this one.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com


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