{"id":203,"date":"2026-10-11T22:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/?p=203"},"modified":"2026-10-11T22:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:38:01","slug":"ddnss-takeover-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/ddnss-takeover-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"DDNSS.de: Operator in Talks About a Takeover of the DynDNS Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In May 2013, Dyn, once known as dyndns.org, made logging in every 30 days mandatory. Back then I went looking in an article<\/a> (in German) for a DynDNS provider that wouldn\u2019t nag me every month. A few weeks later, Robert Niedziela showed up in the comments with a terse \u201coffering free dyndns service.\u201d At that point, his service DDNSS.de<\/a> was just one month old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I signed up there in May 2014, and DDNSS has been with me ever since. In 2016, I recommended the service myself in the comments<\/a> (in German) as a provider \u201cwithout the nagging.\u201d Now there is an email from Robert in my inbox that I really didn\u2019t see coming. After more than 13 years in operation, DDNSS.de is facing a change: Robert is currently in talks about a possible takeover of the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A takeover, not a shutdown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That doesn\u2019t mean the end is sealed, though. A decision is due by October 31, 2026 at the latest, with the handover settled by then \u2013 provided the talks lead somewhere. If the takeover goes through, the new operator will simply keep DDNSS running. If the talks fall through, Robert wants to let everyone know in good time so you can prepare for a switch without any rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You manage your hosts in the dashboard. My account has been running since May 2014, and you can support DDNSS with a voluntary donation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So if you have DDNSS set up in your FRITZ!Box or on your own little server, you don\u2019t need to do anything for now. Your existing DynDNS entries keep working unchanged for the time being, and according to Robert there is no immediate need to act. He answers questions at webmaster@ddnss.de. Still, it can\u2019t hurt to check everywhere you have DDNSS set up \u2013 in the router, in ddclient or in some script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, Robert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Robert isn\u2019t taking this step lightly. By his own account, he has put a lot of time and work into DDNSS.de since May 2013 \u2013 there was never a business model behind it, and anyone who wanted to could donate. After more than 13 years, a decision like this is anything but easy for him personally. That\u2019s why he is looking for a solution that will last instead of simply pulling the plug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to take this opportunity to thank Robert very much. To me, keeping a free service like this running for so many years is not something to take for granted. With DynDNS, you usually only notice what you had once it suddenly stops working. I hope Robert finds a good new home for his baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, I treat myself to a \u201cproper\u201d domain for my self-hosting projects. With my web host, that\u2019s pretty easy: the FRITZ!Box updates the records of my own domain directly via DynDNS, so I no longer need an external service for it. If you own a domain anyway, check whether your host offers something like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Niedziela has been running the free DynDNS service DDNSS.de since 2013. He is now negotiating a handover to a new operator, with a decision due by the end of October at the latest. Your entries keep working for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"lui_source_id":47994,"lui_source_hash":"","lui_source_translated":"2026-10-11","lui_source_reviewed":true,"lui_via_url":"","lui_via_label":"","lui_source_url":"","lui_source_label":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[27,28,29],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dyndns","tag-fritzbox","tag-homelab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxundich.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}