I thought the whole point of mDNS was for a device on a network to be able to advertise itself so that you can go to `ping foo-device.local` and get it's IP address.
For example, I've got a Western Digital WorldBook that I access from any computer on the network as `big-guy.local`. ... maybe I should just reboot it and wireshark its network traffic. AJ ONeal On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Levi Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > AJ ONeal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Everything I've seen with mDNS / zeroconf uses XML over UDP or UDP-HTTP. > > > > But yes, I want an application to be able to add safe domain resolution > > (i.e. .local, not .com) from userspace (without root). > > > > user visits localhost:6080 > > user selects 'alias this server as "xyz.local"' > > user can now visit "xyz.local:6080" > > > > I want to vhost local webapps (with a local server) > > > > What you are describing sounds more like UPnP's SSDP than Zeroconf's > mDNS. I have no idea what you'd use for SSDP in Linux. I would > probably avoid it. > > If you want to do Zeroconf/mDNS, you could try using Avahi. It seems > to be the most widely-used Zeroconf/mDNS implementation in the Linux > world. See here for Avahi documentation: > http://www.avahi.org/wiki/Avah4users#Documentation > > --Levi > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
