GnuDIP is a service designed for an ISP to give its customers a static
DNS name without having to give them their own IP address. For those
who are familiar with ml.org this is a simple replacement. GnuDIP has
two main parts on the server side. First, the multi-threaded server
that listens on a port 3495 that accepts connections from client
applications and updates their hostname, and second, the web cgi that
is used as the administration tool and as the users tool to manage
their own account. Using the web cgi a user can set their desired
homepage in their settings and then set the special URL as the default
page for their browser so now every time they open their browser their
hostname will be automatically be updated without having to run any
other sort of client application and then they would be redirected to
the URL they set in their GnuDIP settings.