[Olsr-dev] New plugin: DNSSD

[Ferry Huberts]

I would be _very_ much in favor of merging all that code into 1 plugin.
You might want to talk to Saverio...

On 15/02/13 15:31, Dan Staples wrote:
> In my first email, I discussed what DNSSD does that P2PD does not do.
> DNSSD simply builds on top of P2PD, so it keeps all the original
> functionality. It seemed specific enough of a use that it might not be
> appropriate to add to P2PD. But if it seems reasonable to simply add my
> changes to the P2PD plugin, that is totally fine. It would probably make
> a lot of sense to try to combine DNSSD / P2PD / mDNS since they all
> share a lot of code and functionality. I simply wanted to present the
> functionality that I had added and get some feedback.
>
> On 02/15/2013 09:26 AM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
>> so we now have 3 plugins that basically do the same???
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15/02/13 14:08, Dan Staples wrote:
>>> Hi all, I have a new plugin for your consideration:
>>>
>>> The aim of the DNSSD (DNS Service Discovery) plugin is to control the
>>> propagation of mDNS service advertisements on an OLSR mesh. The plugin
>>> is based on the P2PD plugin code. Instead of forwarding mDNS traffic
>>> onto the mesh with a fixed TTL value, as P2PD does, DNSSD allows each
>>> local service to define it's own TTL value. For example, a service that
>>> has a TTL value of 3 will only be advertised a maximum of 3 hops away.
>>> This can be useful for services and applications that either want to
>>> remain local in scope (like a community bulletin board) or whose service
>>> quality degrades after so many hops (like streaming voice or media).
>>>
>>> The plugin works as follows:
>>> * DNSSD searches through Avahi service files in a directory specified by
>>> the "ServiceFileDir" config option.
>>> * Any service files in the directory containing a TTL txt-record field
>>> and a domain field matching the "Domain" config option (e.g.
>>> 'mesh.local') are added to a list of local services.
>>> * Just like the P2PD plugin, DNSSD listens on non-OLSR interfaces and
>>> forwards mDNS packets to the mesh, but with the following differences:
>>>       -- Any non-query Resource Records that describe any service in the
>>> list of local services are stripped out, and the remaining packet is
>>> forwarded with the default TTL value.
>>>       -- Resource records that were stripped out are sorted into bins
>>> according to the custom TTL values of the local services they describe.
>>>       -- Each bin of RRs is then put into a new mDNS packet, given a
>>> custom TTL value in the OLSR header, and then forwarded to the mesh.
>>>
>>> Let me know if you need any clarifications. I tested it on a local
>>> Commotion mesh and it seems to work fine. The code can be found here:
>>> https://github.com/danstaples/olsrd-dnssd. I'll be doing more testing
>>> soon on a larger mesh.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Dan Staples
>>>
>>
>

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Ferry Huberts