diff --git a/network/ddclient/README b/network/ddclient/README
index 326eb91cb8..5cd1662dd3 100644
--- a/network/ddclient/README
+++ b/network/ddclient/README
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-DDclient is a small but full featured Perl client used to update 
-dynamic DNS entries for accounts on Dynamic DNS Network Services 
-free DNS service. It has the capability to update more than only 
-dyndns and it can fetch your WAN-ipaddress on a few different ways.
+DDclient is a small but full featured Perl client used to update dynamic
+DNS entries for accounts on Dynamic DNS Network Services free DNS service.
+It has the capability to update more than only dyndns and it can fetch your
+WAN-ipaddress in a few different ways.
 
-Supported features include: operating as a daemon, manual and 
-automatic updates, static and dynamic updates, optimized updates for
-multiple addresses, MX, wildcards, abuse avoidance, retrying failed 
-updates, and sending update status to syslog and through e-mail.
+Supported features include: operating as a daemon, manual and automatic
+updates, static and dynamic updates, optimized updates for multiple
+addresses, MX, wildcards, abuse avoidance, retrying failed updates, and
+sending update status to syslog and through e-mail.
+
+This requires perl-IO-Socket-SSL to run.
diff --git a/network/ddclient/ddclient.SlackBuild b/network/ddclient/ddclient.SlackBuild
index 0c9ec3fbfe..1341939ec4 100644
--- a/network/ddclient/ddclient.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/ddclient/ddclient.SlackBuild
@@ -1,22 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Slackware build script for ddclient
-# Written by Iskar Enev <iskar.enev[@]gmail.com>
+
+# Copyright 2008-2010 Iskar Enev <iskar.enev[@]gmail.com>
+# Copyright 2011 Niels Horn, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
+# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Revision date 2011/08/14
 
 PRGNAM=ddclient
-VERSION=3.8.0
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.8.1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
-if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
-  case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
-    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
-       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
-  esac
-fi
+ARCH=noarch	# it's only a perl script
 
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
@@ -46,11 +60,15 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
+# Install startup script
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d
-cat $CWD/rc.ddclient.new > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new
+cat $CWD/rc.ddclient > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new
 
+# Copy configuration and make it readable only by root (it will probably
+#   contain passwords). See also doinst.sh
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/ddclient
 cat sample-etc_ddclient.conf > $PKG/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new
+chmod 0600 $PKG/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new
 
 # Add the cache dir
 mkdir -p $PKG/var/cache/ddclient
diff --git a/network/ddclient/ddclient.info b/network/ddclient/ddclient.info
index edb96ff581..94a68aca56 100644
--- a/network/ddclient/ddclient.info
+++ b/network/ddclient/ddclient.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="ddclient"
-VERSION="3.8.0"
+VERSION="3.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://ddclient.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ddclient/ddclient-3.8.0.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="6cac7a5eb1da781bfd4d98cef0b21f8e"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ddclient/ddclient-3.8.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="7fa417bc65f8f0e6ce78418a4f631988"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Niels Horn"
diff --git a/network/ddclient/doinst.sh b/network/ddclient/doinst.sh
index f8d7b3ab46..4fe10ee869 100644
--- a/network/ddclient/doinst.sh
+++ b/network/ddclient/doinst.sh
@@ -12,24 +12,22 @@ config() {
   # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
 }
 
-# Keep same perms on rc.ddclient.new:
-if [ -e etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient ]; then
-  cp -a etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new.incoming
-  cat etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new > etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new.incoming
-  mv etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new.incoming etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new
-fi
-config etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new
+preserve_perms() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  if [ -e $OLD ]; then
+    cp -a $OLD ${NEW}.incoming
+    cat $NEW > ${NEW}.incoming
+    mv ${NEW}.incoming $NEW
+  fi
+  config $NEW
+}
+
+preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.ddclient.new
 
 # Keep same perms on ddclient.conf.new:
 #   Normally, we don't bother with this for config files, but this one
 #   should usually be readable only by root, so that's how we'll install
 #   it.  However, if the admin changes it, we don't want to undo that.
-if [ -e etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf ]; then
-  cp -a etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new.incoming
-  cat etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new > etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new.incoming
-  mv etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new.incoming etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new
- else
-  chmod 0600 etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new
-fi
-config etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new
+preserve_perms etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.new
 
diff --git a/network/ddclient/rc.ddclient.new b/network/ddclient/rc.ddclient
similarity index 100%
rename from network/ddclient/rc.ddclient.new
rename to network/ddclient/rc.ddclient
diff --git a/network/ddclient/slack-desc b/network/ddclient/slack-desc
index ae7bac692c..6cdb647fc2 100644
--- a/network/ddclient/slack-desc
+++ b/network/ddclient/slack-desc
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 # exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also customary to
 # leave one space after the ':'.
 
-        |-----handy-ruler----------------------------------------------------|
+        |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 ddclient: DDclient (Perl based DynDNS update client)
-ddclient: 
-ddclient: DDclient is a small but full featured Perl client used to update 
-ddclient: dynamic DNS entries for accounts on Dynamic DNS Network Services 
-ddclient: free DNS service. It has the capability to update more than only 
-ddclient: dyndns and it can fetch your WAN-ipaddress on a few different ways.
-ddclient: 
-ddclient: Supported features include: operating as a daemon, manual and 
+ddclient:
+ddclient: DDclient is a small but full featured Perl client used to update
+ddclient: dynamic DNS entries for accounts on Dynamic DNS Network Services
+ddclient: free DNS service. It has the capability to update more than only
+ddclient: dyndns and it can fetch your WAN-ipaddress in a few different ways.
+ddclient:
+ddclient: Supported features include: operating as a daemon, manual and
 ddclient: automatic updates, static and dynamic updates, optimized updates for
-ddclient: multiple addresses, MX, wildcards, abuse avoidance, retrying failed 
+ddclient: multiple addresses, MX, wildcards, abuse avoidance, retrying failed
 ddclient: updates, and sending update status to syslog and through e-mail.