name resolution

[Xen]

Paul Smith schreef op 25-11-2017 14:04:
> On Sat, 2017-11-25 at 09:36 +0000, Xen wrote:
>> You realize it says right in the beginning:
>> 
>> Multicast DNS (mDNS) provides the ability to perform DNS-like
>>     operations on the local link ___in the absence of any conventional
>>     Unicast DNS server___.
>> 
>> Emphasis mine?
> 
> That doesn't mean what you seem to think it means.  It simply means
> mDNS provides DNS-like operations without needing to have a
> conventional Unicast DNS server available.
> 
> It doesn't mean that mDNS will only be used if you do not have a
> conventional Unicast DNS server.
> 
>> "Any DNS query for a name ending with ".local." MUST be sent to the
>>     mDNS IPv4 link-local multicast address 224.0.0.251 (or its IPv6
>>     equivalent FF02::FB)."
>> 
>> This goes directly against the above statement.
> 
> No it doesn't.

Maybe you should read more than 2 paragraphs before responding and 
before hitting send.

This is what I mean with cynical and ghastly responses.

It is pretty clear from the rest of my mail that I understood my 'slight 
error' here and saw the bigger picture.

But no, you choose to respond to the few bits you can disagree with.

Hats off, sir.