From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 23 17:30:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1255616A4DA for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:30:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fli+freebsd-net@shapeshifter.se) Received: from mx1.h3q.net (manticore.shapeshifter.se [212.37.5.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC9443D45 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:30:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fli+freebsd-net@shapeshifter.se) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.h3q.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B8F21A78D; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:30:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mx1.h3q.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.h3q.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 09199-08; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:30:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (217-208-33-252-o926.tbon.telia.com [217.208.33.252]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.h3q.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE7B1A751; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:30:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44EC90B7.6090908@shapeshifter.se> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:30:31 +0200 From: Fredrik Lindberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pat Lashley References: <44E9F991.7020309@shapeshifter.se> <44EA1926.2000501@shapeshifter.se> <9C04919EE684029A410DE208@garrett.local> <44EAC40E.9000904@shapeshifter.se> <3E654CC0217F90E20FCD806E@garrett.local> In-Reply-To: <3E654CC0217F90E20FCD806E@garrett.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at h3q.net Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zeroconfig and Multicast DNS X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:30:41 -0000 Pat Lashley wrote: > > As I investigate further, it appears that avahi is the most mature, > feature-rich, and widely supported and adopted mDNS implementation. The > only potential drawback would be the GPL. > > I've also discovered that Apple are moving the iCal server, Bonjour, and > launchd to the Apache 2.0 license; which should be acceptable to those > who don't like the GPL. And apparently the Bonjour client libraries are > already BSD licensed. > > The thing is that I would like to see mDNS in base (and the other zeroconfig utilities). Avahi might be the most mature at the moment, but as it is GPL it's not an option when there are other responders available. mDNSResponder-108 appears to still be under APSL 2, I don't know if that license is acceptable for base utilities, if it is, it might be a viable alternative. However that doesn't have a chance of happening unless a committer finds it interesting. > > Overall, I think your work on the IPv4 Link Local Addressing is much > more important and useful (and more likely to be adopted) than another > mDNS implementation. The LLA is the one piece that is currently missing > for FreeBSD. > Well, my LLA implementation (I renamed it to llacd, link local address configuration daemon) is already quite mature. It has been running on a machine here for over a month without problems. Fredrik Lindberg