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

[John Lines]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: John Lines <john+***@paladyn.org>
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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.

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Post by John Lines
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : gnudip
Version : 2.3.5
Upstream Contact: none
* URL : https://gnudip2.sourceforge.net/gnudip-www/

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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