From 590ae9d94cfbbd232cb330127e280c927d0f1413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nathan Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 16:08:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added info about link-local multicast name resolution --- src/dorkbox/network/DnsServer.java | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/dorkbox/network/DnsServer.java b/src/dorkbox/network/DnsServer.java index 0d3ac0e3..c5d0a591 100644 --- a/src/dorkbox/network/DnsServer.java +++ b/src/dorkbox/network/DnsServer.java @@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ import io.netty.util.NetUtil; * Finally, across our DNS infrastructure we have deprecated ANY queries and have proposed to the IETF to restrict ANY queries to only * authorized parties. By neutering ANY, we've significantly reduced the maximum size of responses even for zone files that need to be * large due to a large number of records. + * + * + * + * ALSO: see LINK-LOCAL MULTICAST NAME RESOLUTION + * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-Local_Multicast_Name_Resolution + * + * In responding to queries, responders listen on UDP port 5355 on the following link-scope Multicast address: + * + * IPv4 - 224.0.0.252, MAC address of 01-00-5E-00-00-FC + * IPv6 - FF02:0:0:0:0:0:1:3 (this notation can be abbreviated as FF02::1:3), MAC address of 33-33-00-01-00-03 + * The responders also listen on TCP port 5355 on the unicast address that the host uses to respond to queries. */ public class DnsServer extends Shutdownable {