David Barrett wrote: > Basically (if I understand correctly), to resolve an mDNS name you simply > send a standard DNS request to a UDP broadcast address on the LAN. Everyone > listens on that address and, if you hear someone asking for your name, you > respond with your IP address.
DNS service discovery is the really cool part - you can say something like "does anyone here speak _tcp._gnutella" and get back a list of names and port numbers. The names can be resolved using mDNS or standard DNS, and local peers can respond with the names of remote peers, so it looks like a pretty good fit for a gossip-based membership protocol. http://www.dns-sd.org/ Cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
