I don't believe in paid online hosts which is why i use apache but now i need a domain name/host name for it so other people can connect to my website without seeing my actual ip address, is there any software or methods to host my own domain name on ubuntu? PS when i say online host i either refer to a web host or a domain register like godaddy or dyn. also if there isn't any software is there any free registers that i can get a .com domain without any subdomains?
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Well, you can ask people to add your hostname to their /etc/hosts file. See Wikipedia for details.
However, this is an obsolete technique, replaced by widely accepted Domain Name System (DNS). Some information on how to get a DNS record can be found at .
Either way, people will be able to see your IP address. It is a necessary condition to provide any content over the Internet.
