icicity.com » dns stuff http://icicity.com ...it's beyond me... Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:52:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 DNSStuff Alternative II http://icicity.com/2008/12/10/dns-stuff-alternative-2 http://icicity.com/2008/12/10/dns-stuff-alternative-2#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:59:02 +0000 gonzo http://icicity.com/?p=90 Finally an update on alternatives to DNSStuff. I have found these free sites among the most useful.

All purpose site with handy tools:

For some serious DNS troubleshooting:

Please remember, for troubleshooting more crucial DNS applications it is advisable to always perform your lookups from more than one source…

]]> http://icicity.com/2008/12/10/dns-stuff-alternative-2/feed 2 DNS Stuff Alternative http://icicity.com/2007/02/14/dns-stuff-alternative http://icicity.com/2007/02/14/dns-stuff-alternative#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:55:48 +0000 gonzo http://www.icicity.com/miscellaneous/dns-stuff-alternative/ Bye bye DNS Stuff… Thanks for the good times. The site has moved on from its former business model and gone commercial. Recently it started limiting the number of queries non-registered (and non-paying) users are allowed to perform.

While it’s a shame to see the site take this route, I wish them a prosperous future—they deserve it. It now leaves room for other sites to fill the spot. A couple of good contenders:

Of course I could just join DNS Stuff and become a registered member. But that would require login before using their tools. And that does not fit into my workflow: Opera’s customizable address bar shortcuts enable me to retrieve whois/DNS data for any domain/IP near instantly. Login would slow that process down.

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View my new list of alternatives here.

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