Yclept Nemo wrote: > Out of curiosity, is it normal for a windows computer to be > continuously sending out UDP broadcasts, of this form ? > MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:1d:7d:a4:2f:7a:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.2 > DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=99 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=13583 PROTO=UDP > SPT=62994 DPT=5353 LEN=79 > Is it DNS or some-such ? > > thanks for your guidance, > orbisvicis
Hi, Just a LITTLE bit of searching led me to <http://www.multicastdns.org/>, which says: > Multicast DNS is a way of using familiar DNS programming interfaces, packet > formats and operating semantics, in a small network where no conventional DNS > server has been installed. BR /Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
