With DNS, one would only need to provide an authenticator to allow self
update of services offered.
In a connected LAN, bonjour/zeroconf can work well for advertized services.
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John D. Hays
K7VE
PO Box 1223, Edmonds, WA 98020-1223
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Bill Vodall <wa7nwp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> _______________________________________________
> DNS -
>
> Can a service or host advertise itself? That's the missing piece
> even with the OLSRD/HampMESH magic. I believe we'll get that using
> Bonjour/Zeroconf (or what ever it's called this week...)
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:20 AM, K7VE - John <k7ve(a)k7ve.org> wrote:
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> > Why not use DNS?
> >
> > I have a testing domain setup at
arlink.net
> >
> > See how it works for some D-STAR linking services
> >
> > host -t SRV
_dextra._udp.arlink.net
> > host -t SRV
_dplus._udp.arlink.net
> > host -t SRV
_dcs._udp.arlink.net
> >
> > It could easily support BBS and other services.
> >
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> > John D. Hays
> > K7VE
> > PO Box 1223, Edmonds, WA 98020-1223
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> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:09 AM, <kb9mwr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> (Please trim inclusions from previous messages)
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> >> I stumbled into a useful function that the Hamnet/HSMM folks have:
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
http://hsmm-mesh.org/hsmm-mesh-forums/view-postlist/forum-1-general/topic-5…
> >>
> >>
> >> Maybe there is a way to do (code) something similar for the more
> >> traditional nodes on the amprnet.
> >>
> >>
> >> Advertising what is out there on a network seems to be a major issue
> >> at least in my eyes.
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