Avahi A framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery on Linux.
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DNS Avahi multicast discover services framework Multicast DNS publish services

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A framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery on Linux. Avahi is a framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery on Linux. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration.For example, you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at, and people to talk to. Here are some key features of "Avahi": · Licensed under LGPL · IPv4 and IPv6 support · DBUS interface · Drops all priviliges and runs as user "avahi" · Embeddable mDNS stack (i.e. mDNS stack available as library) · Support for loading static service definitions from XML fragments · Interface to GLIBC NSS using nss-mdns · Ability to reflect mDNS traffic between multiple subnets · Ability to configure a unicast DNS server automatically from server data published on the LAN Requirements: · Expat · Python · Twisted · Doxygen · GLib2 · gtk+ · Glade · DBUS 0.3x or newer (optional, for IPC with client applications) · Linux 2.4 or 2.6 with IP multicasting enabled · libdaemon

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