#1092862 ITP: gnudip -- GNU Dyamic IP protocol server and client

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
John Lines
Date:
2025-11-29 16:56:29 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1092862#5
Date:
2025-01-12 13:52:13 UTC
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* Package name    : gnudip
  Version         : 2.3.5
  Upstream Contact: none
* URL             : https://gnudip2.sourceforge.net/gnudip-www/
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : GNU Dyamic IP protocol server and client

 The GNU Dynamic IP protocol provides a way for a client system
 without a fixed IP address to update a Dynamic DNS server to point
 a name at their current IP address.

 It is packaged as gnudip-server and gnudip-client

 The gnudip-server receives requests from GnuDIP clients, informs
 them of their public IP address, and updates a DNS server under
 your control.
 Clients can connect via a gnudip protocol, or via https, and the
 user database can be held in a text file or mysql or postgres db.
 A minimal installation at present only gnudip protocol and text db.

 The gnudip-client connects to a GnuDIP server and returns your
 current IP address, and dynamically updates your DNS entry.
#1092862#10
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2025-01-12 21:54:02 UTC
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Suggestion/advice: Add "The "DNS Dynamic Update" protocol as described
in RFC 2136 and RFC 2137 is used to send updates to DNS servers."


Groeten
Geert Stappers
#1092862#15
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2025-01-13 07:02:42 UTC
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I will add that to the gnudip-server description.
#1092862#20
Date:
2025-01-13 07:31:00 UTC
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It is a reasonable question - software authors do move on to other
projects, and a packaging challenge is integrating it with systemd and
other more recent software.

The GnuDIP protocol is used by FreedomBox, as described at
https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/DynamicDNS

It is offered by some DDNS providers, and built into some routers.
It you are only require a client then ddclient supports many providers.
#1092862#25
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2025-01-13 08:13:53 UTC
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[...]

In bold on the above URL:

Note: GnuDIP is now only minimally maintained. New development will not occur unless a new developer steps forward.


Are you stepping up to take on the upstream role as well?

Could you please explain why we need yet another dynamic ip client
packaged in debian, that is abandoned upstream, when there are already
several (hopefully maintained) alternatives?

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson