[Boston.pm] My IP

2003-12-30 Thread Joel Gwynn
Hey all. I connect from work via ssh to my home computer, which is Comcast broadband. My IP rarely changes, but I'm worried about the one day I'm at work and need something from home, and my IP has changed. I'm thinking the best thing would be some sort of script that runs every hour, and sends

Re: [Boston.pm] My IP

2003-12-30 Thread David Cantrell
Dan Boger wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 08:25:43AM -0500, Joel Gwynn wrote: Also, since I'm behind a router, what's the best way to find my IP in Perl? I think your best bet is to set up a CGI someplace external to your network, and have your script hit it. The CGI can then return what IP it

Re: [Boston.pm] My IP

2003-12-30 Thread Duane Bronson
The dynamic dns clients (some aren't free) can be implemented as a very simple perl script, although it's different for each dynamic dns service. I used to use minidns.net because of the ultra-fancy user interface (and it's free) until I moved to britsys.com and got 1500/768 DSL with 5 static

Re: [Boston.pm] OT:Safari Bookshelf

2003-12-30 Thread Ivanov, Boris
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RE: [Boston.pm] OT:Safari Bookshelf

2003-12-30 Thread David Pompeo
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Re: [Boston.pm] OT:Safari Bookshelf

2003-12-30 Thread darren chamberlain
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RE: [Boston.pm] My IP

2003-12-30 Thread Joel Gwynn
Thanks for all the suggestions. For now I'm going the wimpy route, and trying dyndns.org, with the DNSer client service (http://www.access.si/DNSer/DNSer.htm) installed. We'll see how it goes. I have to say, that the 3-line perl solution is tempting. Maybe when I get some free time ... Joel

Re: [Boston.pm] OT:Safari Bookshelf

2003-12-30 Thread David Cantrell
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