On 11/09/2012 14:11, Simon Perreault wrote:
> Le 2012-09-11 05:17, Brian E Carpenter a écrit :
>> Excuse my ignorance, but if a LAN has both mDNS and DNS available,
>> what happens when an app calls getnameinfo() ?
>
> Current situation is: "implementation-dependant".
>
> In fact, getnameinfo() is not defined in terms of DNS. It can use any
> underlying naming service, or even multiple ones. On Linux this is
> configured with /etc/nsswitch.conf.
Thanks. Then it seems to me that a recommendation about the desirable behaviour
of getnameinfo() and getaddrinfo() needs to be made, consistent with the final
recommendation for mDNS vs DNS. At least we should describe a consistent
deployment scenario.
Brian
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