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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:10:47 +0200
From: Fredrik Lindberg <fli+freebsd-net@shapeshifter.se>
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Subject: Re: Zeroconfig and Multicast DNS
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Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Aug 24, 2006, at 2:46 PM, Fredrik Lindberg wrote:
>>>> The nsswitch.conf should IHMO be :files dns mdns,
>>>> and the mdns nss module should ship with a default to only allow 
>>>> queries to
>>>>    .local
>>>>    .168.254.in-addr.arpa
>>> I think you meant .254.168.in-addr.arpa here.
>>
>> Actually .254.169.in-addr.arpa :)
> 
> Queries to 254.169.in-addr.arpa MUST return NXDOMAIN (or RCODE 3, to 
> choose a non-BIND specific term).

We're talking about mDNS here, not DNS. I would argue that because
mDNS is link-local it makes perfect sense to be able to resolve
254.169.in-addr.arpa using mDNS.

Fredrik Lindberg