On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Michael Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/29/2012 12:58 PM, james woodyatt wrote: > >> On Jun 29, 2012, at 11:27 , Michael Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Maybe I can add some fuel to Olafur's fire. I'd like to say that the >>> homenet name service MUST be DNS. >>> >> Let's go further. Let's say that it must be DNS-Based Service Discovery >> [I-D.cheshire-dnsext-dns-sd], which has been in the RFC Editor Queue for >> 199 days at this point, so one imagines that it stands a decent chance of >> being a published RFC by the time HOMENET finishes its first round of major >> work. >> >> >> > James -- I'm not that familiar with dns-sd and it's been 1000 years since > i've > Well, you're in luck. There's an O'Reilly book called "Zero Configuration Networking" that explains all... > thought about nbp, but services aren't the only thing I have in my home. Or > at least I wouldn't necessarily think of some things grouped together as > named > services like, oh say, my light switches. Maybe I'd want to think of them > that > way, but maybe I wouldn't. So I'm not sure that I'd be comfortable saying > that > it's a particular flavor of DNS like DNS-sd. > > Here's a short list of services that are already defined: http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html I will shortly be refreshing http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lynn-core-discovery-mapping/ to describe a way to use mDNS/DNS-SD to discover REST web service interfaces within a device. So if you think of your light switches in that way, you're covered. > That, and I can't tell whether this makes it easier, harder or neutral on > my > original request that making the transition from a private name space to a > public one trivial. Can I use service discovery from across the Internet > to get > back to things in my home assuming that I have a registered domain? Sorry > for the ignorance, but nbp was a decidedly localized protocol. > > I can point you to http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cheshire-dnsext-nbpfor > historical background, but best to just read up on DNS-SD. As far as transitioning from private to public domains, that's where resolve.conf helps. Also, see http://dyn.com/support/bonjour-and-dns-discovery/ -K- Mike > > ______________________________**_________________ > homenet mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/**listinfo/homenet<https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet> >
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