Re: zeroconf name resolution does not mean necessarily DNS

[Alain Durand <Alain.Durand@sun.com>]

At 09:05 AM 12/11/2001 -0800, Bernard Aboba wrote:
> > What is needed is something to map local names to IP addresses
> > in a zeroconf environment (no DNS server)
>
>Before we jump into a discussion of zeroconf name resolution requirements,
>it is probably worth while to at least consider what is included in the
>Zeroconf WG Requirements document, which has completed WG (and IETF?) last
>call:

If zeroconf requirements are broken, they should be fixed.


>2.2 Translation between Host name and IP Address Scenarios
>
>
>    Requirement:
>    - MUST support DNS application layer interfaces as described
>      in RFC 1123, section 6.1. [RFC 1123]

RFC1123, section 6.1:

6.1.1 INTRODUCTION

Every host MUST implement a resolver for the Domain Name System (DNS),
and it MUST implement a mechanism using this DNS resolver to convert
host names to IP addresses and vice-versa [DNS:1, DNS:2].
In addition to the DNS, a host MAY also implement a host name translation
mechanism that searches a local Internet host table. See Section 6.1.3.8
for more information on this option.

         - Alain.



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