<s>
No-IP	B-Protocol
(	O
Vitalwerks	O
LLC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
domain	O
and	O
host	O
service	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No-IP	B-Protocol
offers	O
DNS	B-Protocol
services	O
,	O
DDNS	B-Protocol
,	O
email	O
,	O
network	O
monitoring	O
and	O
SSL	B-Protocol
certificates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Email	O
services	O
include	O
POP3	B-Protocol
,	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
,	O
mail	O
backup	O
services	O
,	O
mail	O
reflection	O
and	O
filtering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No-IP	B-Protocol
was	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
offering	O
free	O
dynamic	B-Protocol
DNS	I-Protocol
and	O
URL	O
redirection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
sub-domain	O
under	O
a	O
few	O
domains	O
owned	O
by	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2000	O
,	O
Vitalwerks	O
Internet	O
Solutions	O
,	O
LLC	O
was	O
formed	O
as	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
of	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2001	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
began	O
offering	O
paid	O
managed	O
DNS	B-Protocol
services	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
dynamic	B-Protocol
DNS	I-Protocol
using	O
their	O
own	O
domain	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
began	O
reselling	O
domain	O
names	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
in	O
2006	O
became	O
an	O
ICANN	B-Application
accredited	I-Application
registrar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
No-IP	B-Protocol
was	O
subsequently	O
featured	O
in	O
MacUser	O
in	O
2004	O
and	O
PCMag	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No-IP	B-Protocol
provides	O
dynamic	B-Protocol
DNS	I-Protocol
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upgrades	O
to	O
the	O
DDNS	B-Protocol
comes	O
from	O
purchases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamic	B-Protocol
IP	O
addresses	O
are	O
common	O
on	O
residential	O
cable	O
or	O
DSL	O
broadband	O
accounts	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
typical	O
users	O
of	O
DDNS	B-Protocol
would	O
be	O
the	O
users	O
of	O
these	O
types	O
of	O
internet	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
hostnames	O
on	O
a	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
clients	O
are	O
provided	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
DDNS	B-Protocol
to	O
connect	O
with	O
these	O
OSes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
often	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
routers	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
DDNS	B-Protocol
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
open-source	O
firmware	O
distributions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
OpenWrt	B-Application
and	O
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
,	O
include	O
DDNS	B-Protocol
in	O
their	O
downloadable	O
packages	O
,	O
but	O
OpenWrt	B-Application
requires	O
an	O
extra	O
package	O
for	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
specifically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
launched	O
an	O
ex	O
parte	O
legal	O
action	O
against	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
,	O
requesting	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
be	O
given	O
control	O
of	O
22	O
of	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
'	O
s	O
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
granted	O
without	O
notifying	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
on	O
26	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
began	O
redirecting	O
domain	O
traffic	O
to	O
their	O
sinkhole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
this	O
affected	O
malicious	O
and	O
non	O
malicious	O
users	O
alike	O
,	O
despite	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
erroneous	O
statement	O
of	O
intent	O
to	O
the	O
contrary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Backlash	O
to	O
the	O
confiscation	O
however	O
led	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
returning	O
the	O
domains	O
to	O
No-IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
