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Date:      Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:10:47 +0200
From:      Fredrik Lindberg <fli+freebsd-net@shapeshifter.se>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Zeroconfig and Multicast DNS
Message-ID:  <44EE23E7.2010800@shapeshifter.se>
In-Reply-To: <D2886A30-B6C5-4F53-995B-91B96CD58592@mac.com>
References:  <F77EE4452C54A9609A58CD03@garrett.local> <44EE1E48.6000006@shapeshifter.se> <D2886A30-B6C5-4F53-995B-91B96CD58592@mac.com>

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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



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