Re: looking for open tasks

> Howl was an open-source implementation of ZeroConf/Bonjour.
> And it's dead:

Aw I just saw the website, creepy :)

> Anyway, not all ZeroConf features actually needs a working multicast 
> support.

Yes, just that howl itself refused to start when failing on mcast init.

> The automatic IP address configuration only needs ARP queries for 
> example to
> achieve dynamic configuration of IPv4 local addresses. Could be a 
> good
> starting

Yes it's quite dumb, pick an address in a specific range and try using 
it until someone claims it's theirs, but then you're in trouble :)

> point for example. For the ZeroConf server-less discovery features, 
> multicast
> support is mandatory, though.

Yes, but it would allow for nice things like a WON-like nfs/smb/... 
share discovery, along with printers, scanners poping there as well 
(with a custom type to launch Sanity).

That's on my todolist for some time now, using userlandfs.

François.

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