Ticket #1042 (new enhancement)

Opened 1 year ago

Last modified 1 month ago

implement ZeroConf/Bonjour support

Reported by: wkornewald Assigned to: axeld
Priority: normal Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Network & Internet Version: R1 development
Cc: Platform: All

Description

We need:

  • an API that can be used by applications (including a host/service browser)
  • the possibility to extend the known hosts and services list via an instant messenger, for example
  • detection of duplicate host names
  • automatic home network configuration

Change History

04/03/08 16:01:17 changed by wkornewald

Since I was the one who added this and Alex asked on the mailing list, here is the clarification of the second point:

It would be cool if other apps could extend the ZeroConf services and hosts list. For example, an instant messenger could automagically display your friends' computers in the known hosts list although they're not on the local network. Also, the services running on those (non-local) hosts could be enumerated, too. The result would be that you could, for example, easily connect to your friend to use a collaborative text editing tool or directly access your friend's file server, no matter whether he's on a local or remote network. Well, firewalls might get in the way, but that's a different problem.