written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message no ip by vitalwerks internet solutions llc . type llc . industry dns and web hosting founded 1999 vitalwerks llc headquarters reno nevada products dynamic and managed dns domain name registration e mail services server monitoring ssl certificates url redirection website www.noip.com vitalwerks llc is the parent company of no ip which is a dynamic dns provider for paid and free services . no ip offers dns services email network monitoring and ssl certificates . email services include pop3 email outbound smtp email backup mail services and mail reflection and filtering . contents 1 history 2 technology and services 3 dynamic dns api 4 microsoft legal action and controversy 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit no ip was launched in october 2000 offering free dynamic dns and url redirection . users were able to create a sub domain under a few domains owned by no ip . in may 2000 vitalwerks internet solutions llc was formed as the parent company of no ip . in january 2001 no ip began offering paid managed dns services which allowed users to set up dynamic dns using their own domain name . later that year they began offering email services to complement their dns product . with growing popularity no ip has been featured in magazines such as pc magazine 1 and mac user . 2 they began reselling domain names in 2002 and in 2006 became an icann accredited registrar . on may 2016 no ip announced the discontinuation of its without confirmation free hostname services effective june 1 3 technology and services edit no ip s core product is dynamic dns services ddns . the basic dynamic dns services using a domain owned by no ip are free to use as long as the account remains active . an upgraded service to use your own domain name will cost about 25 for the year . dynamic ip addresses are common on residential cable or dsl broadband accounts . the free service allows users to setup between one and three hostnames on a domain name provided by no ip . the host name will then resolve to the current ip address of that user s computer . a software client is also provided by no ip for windows os x and linux that can be run on the computer that has the dynamic address . no ip also provides other dns e mail and network monitoring services . dynamic dns api edit a dynamic dns host name is linked up to the user s dynamic ip address . whenever the ip changes a dynamic dns client will send an update to no ip with the current ip address and then no ip propagates the dns change to the internet within seconds . to facilitate ip address updates no ip has an open protocol that allows software developers and hardware manufacturers to communicate via http to notify them of an ip address change . many router manufacturers provide built in support for no ip s dynamic dns protocol for example asus d link dovado edimax sonicwall 4 smc 5 and tp link . most third party firmware distributions such as dd wrt also include no ip in their selection of ddns providers for routers that have support from the manufacturer . microsoft legal action and controversy edit on 19 june 2014 microsoft launched a legal action against no ip requesting that microsoft be given control of 22 of no ip s domain names . 6 this was granted on 26 june 2014 and microsoft began redirecting domain traffic to their sinkhole . according to no ip 7 this affected malicious and non malicious users alike despite microsoft s statement of intent to the contrary . legitimate users of the service including paid premium plans are also diverted to the microsoft sinkhole . backlash to the confiscation however led to microsoft returning the domains to no ip . 8 see also edit dns hosting service see dns free service references edit craig ellison 2005 05 04 . dealing with dynamic ip addresses . pc magazine . retrieved 2014 09 16 . serving websites from home using no ip . macuser.co.uk . 2004 07 08 . archived from the original on 2008 02 26 . retrieved 2014 09 16 . no ip discontinues free dns service . no ip . network dynamic dns . sonicwall . 2004 12 22 . retrieved 2014 09 16 . smcbr18vpn barricade vpn 8 port broadband router pdf . smc networks . archived from the original pdf on 2012 07 30 . retrieved 2014 09 16 . richard domingues boscovich 2014 06 30 . microsoft takes on global cybercrime epidemic in tenth malware disruption . microsoft technet . retrieved 2014 09 16 . natalie goguen 2014 06 30 . no ip s formal statement on microsoft takedown . no ip . retrieved 2014 09 16 . dan goodin 2014 07 03 . order restored to universe as microsoft surrenders confiscated no ip domains . ars technica . retrieved 2014 09 16 . external links edit official website how microsoft appointed itself sheriff of the internet wired robert 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