lianep at eng.sun.com wrote: >> Future work: The master SMF restarter svc.startd(1M) could also be >> updated to support advertising network services using mDNS. There are >> currently no plans to add service discovery support in the master >> SMF restarter. >> > > I've only taken a first quick read of the proposal so far, but have a > meta-comment... > > I'm a bit confused why you're starting with inetd. It seems like many of > the services you'd want most to advertize (e.g. nfs, printing, to name two) > are not managed by inetd by default. It doesn't seem like advertizing > telnet capabilities on the network is one of the high-value services to > tell potential consumers on the network about. > Yes we are collaborating with those project teams to advertise/discover using mDNS. This proposal will allow advertising inetd managed applications by Solaris users without modifications to those applications. It fits with our project goal in delivering a framework for service discovery on Solaris.
> Have you created a list of the bundled (or unbundled) Solaris services > we'd want to advertize out of the box (if they're enabled), along with > the priority of advertizing that service? If so, please share that list. > I shall create one and make it available online. Thanks, Rishi
