Fun with Zeroconf
Posted by Sayamindu 4 years ago
For the past few days, I have been playing around with Zeroconf - which has got a lot of potential. With Zeroconf, you can get dynamic IP addresses for the computers on your network without running any DHCP server, and your applications can find services, like printers, FTP/WebDAV shares without a directory server (there are other stuff too - but to me at this moment, these are the two most interesting features). The latest version of GNOME-VFS has got DNS Service Discovery (dns-sd) support, and I was looking at ways to get the various components of Zeroconf (especially the service publishing part) up and running under GNU/Linux. Anyway, here’s a screenshot of the latest beta of Nautilus detecting my FTP server and WebDAV server through dns-sd (I had published the services using mDNSResponder from HOWL). For more cool stuff that can possibly be done with dns-sd, take a look at this interview.
Changelog goof ups resolved
Apparently, the Changelog related goof ups (which I mentioned in my last post) has been resolved - which is a relief.
Is Zeroconf going to be in Gnome 2.8
Support for dns-sd is to be there in GNOME-2.8