On 2019 Jun 14 14:48:12, you wrote to me:

 ml>> really???

 BF>    Yes. Really. To quote Michiel:

 BF>    "For a server you need a stable routable public IP address."

my systems were quite stable as was my POTS connection... it was just slow 
compared to others'...

 ml>> i've always done that as long as i've had a public IP address... it
 ml>> was a simply matter of updating my DDNS entry and that was done by
 ml>> running a tool that stayed in the background and handled the updates
 ml>> automatically... yes, i ran servers on my dialup... most of the time,
 ml>> the new IP spread through the network within minutes... no problem
 ml>> and it worked quite well...

 BF> Doesn't seem very stable to me.

it was perfectly stable... stayed online with the same IP for weeks...

 BF> I guess we have different demands on our servers? YMMV

apparently some drink more koolaid than others ;)

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Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it 
wrong...
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