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Overview of Operation
Multicast DNS (mDNS)
Runs on each host in a local subnet
Queries & answers are sent via link-local multicast to port 5353
Special TLD reserved for local names: “.local.”
PTR records enumerate available service instances
_sipuri._udp.local. PTR sip:bob@a.com._sipuri._udp.local.
_sipuri._udp.local. PTR sip:joe@a.com._sipuri._udp.local.
SRV & A records resolve a specific service instance
sip:bob@a.com._sipuri._udp.local. SRV
0 0 5060 bobs-machine.local.
bobs-machine.local. A 192.168.0.100
TXT records contain additional information
sip:bob@a.com._sipuri._udp.local. TXT
txtvers=1 name=Bob the Builder
contact=;audio;video
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