RAA - net-mdns/0.1

net-mdns / 0.1

Short description:

multicast DNS and service discovery

Category:

Library/Net

Status:

Created:

2005-02-03 03:45:06 GMT

Last update:

2005-03-20 17:20:40 GMT

Owner:

Sam Roberts (Projects of this owner)

Homepage:

http://dnssd.rubyforge.org/net-mdns

Download:

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=316

License:

Ruby's

Dependency:

None

Description:

An implementation of a multicast DNS (mDNS) responder. mDNS is an extension of hierarchical, unicast DNS to link-local multicast, used to do service discovery and address lookups over local networks. It is most widely known because it is part of Apple’s OS X.

net-mdns consists of:

Net::DNS::MDNSSD: a high-level API for browsing, resolving, and advertising services using DNS-SD over mDNS that aims to be compatible with DNSSD, see below for more information.
Resolv::MDNS: an extension to the ‘resolv’ resolver library that adds support for multicast DNS.
Net::DNS::MDNS: the low-level APIs and mDNS responder at the core of Resolv::MDNS and Net::DNS::MDNSSD.

net-mdns can be used for:

name to address lookups on local networks
address to name lookups on local networks
discovery of services on local networks
advertisement of services on local networks

Versions:

[(see home page) (2006-02-19)] [0.1 (2005-03-20)] [0.x (2005-03-14)] [0.0 (2005-02-03)]

Edit this project (for project owner)

back to RAA top