[Cryptography] Fast handling of IP Address changes for HTTPS

Paul F Fraser paulf at a2zliving.com
Thu Dec 28 22:51:18 EST 2017


On 29/12/2017 2:14 PM, John Levine wrote:
> Run a proxy on a $4/mo VPS with a fixed address, and set something up
> so your machine connects to the VPS on another port so it can provide
> content to your VPS.  Or just run the web server on the VPS.  They're
> good at it.
>
> While there are ways to rapidly change the IP where a domain name
> points, that's known as "fast flux" and is an excellent way to get
> your name blacklisted because everyone else who does that is serving
> up phishes and malware.
>
> R's,
> John

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply,

Although not applicable in my case, checking out "fast flux" makes for some very interesting reading.

Paul



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