On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 10:46:50AM -0400, Pat Lashley wrote: > >> As I mentioned in an earlier posting, I would really like to see it > >> support multiple TLDs for a single host. In particular, if I'm using > >> example.com, then mumble.local and mumble.example.com should both > >> resolve via mDNS to the IP address of host mumble. Similarly, services > >> advertised by host mumble should automatically be listed in both domains. > > > >Well, $(hostname).example.com. A $(ifaddr) :) > >You would have to configure the NSS module to allow .com queries too. > > The NSS module shouldn't have to know which domains mDNS is handling. It > should just attempt to resolve the FQDN given, using mDNS. If it fails, > resolution will fall back to the next module listed in nsswitch.conf. (I > envision the default as being: files mdns dns)
I don't know that you really want to trust random hosts to advertise addresses in arbitrary domains. That makes man in the middle attacks a little too easy. -- Brooks
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