On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 05:37:25PM -0600, Matt Tucker wrote: > > You could use zero-configuration networking for the discovery: > > > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/about/ac123/ac147/ac174/ac206/about > > _cisco_ipj_archive_article09186a0080132b85.html > > To add to this thread, we already support multicast DNS (called > Rendezvous by Apple) in Jive Messenger (Open Source server at > http://www.jivesoftware.org). So, you would use mdns to automatically > discover the central XMPP server and then normal disco, presence, etc, > to find other clients that support the services you're looking for as > Peter suggests. > > Jive Messenger lists itself using the "_xmpp-client._tcp.local." service > name, which mirrors the XMPP DNS SRV entry.
Cool. Perhaps it would make sense to write up a best practices document for use by developers who want to build multicast DNS / zero-configuration networking into their XMPP-based applications? Or perhaps that belongs in the long-rumored XMPP implementation guide. :-) /psa _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list jdev@jabber.org http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev
