On Thu, 30 Apr 2015, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    ml> ath.cx is a DDNS service hosted in the Christmas Islands domain...    
    ml> i don't know if they (cx) actually run it or another    
    ml> individual/group... it used to be abuse by malware and virus    
    ml> distributing system but they may have cleaned that up... the    
    ml> network protections used over here used to block pretty much all    
    ml> ath.cx subdomains due to that abuse... if mike's system is still    
    ml> registered there as cco, it may be that his internet connection is    
    ml> down or the updater software needs to be run...   
      
    WvV> Interesting background information! ;)   
      
   it has been acquired over the years i've been working with network security   
   operations...   
      
    WvV> But "doesn't resolve" means that the dns system doesn't know how    
    WvV> to resolve the cco.ath.cx host name. Which means it doesn't exist    
    WvV> (anymore).   
      
   yes, i know that... what i was pointing to was if the domain had not been   
   updated within the timeout period... some DDNS services remove them while   
   others allow for them to point to another IP... the DDNS service i use allows   
   for this second option and we used to be able to specify that IP but it has   
   been years since i've been over there and check my records...   
      
    WvV> "ath.cx" Is one of the domains of dyndns,   
      
   that's a piece of information that now falls into place... i wasn't sure who   
   was behind that domain... from what i remember, a BBS operator was involved to   
   some extent... kinda like the synchro.net DDNS ;)    
      
    WvV> so I think Mike had a free account there. Which ceased to exist    
    WvV> when they abolished free accounts.    
      
   that's a logical conclusion... either he knows about it or he doesn't and   
   hasn't found another free service or hasn't decided to pay a small yearly fee   
   for the service...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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