X-Git-Url: http://git.rohieb.name/skm-ma-ws1314.git/blobdiff_plain/94cb4638c0b154bba68386a18eb63dfa12460a25..241348c434976798798de035debe725cf8a2a72e:/sec-dns-extensions.tex diff --git a/sec-dns-extensions.tex b/sec-dns-extensions.tex index 86bc75c..e266ba6 100644 --- a/sec-dns-extensions.tex +++ b/sec-dns-extensions.tex @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ If a host receives a query and knows about the queried resource, it responds to querying host with a standard DNS response. The querying host can then simply finish and use the result, or wait until other hosts respond to its query. The latter is typically the case when a record can have multiple values, as it is -the case with \code{SRV} and \code{PTR} records. +the case with \code{SRV} and \code{PTR} records (which will be discussed in the +next section). Another feature of Multicast DNS is the reduction of traffic through \term{Known-Answer Suppression}. It allows a querying host to specify already @@ -43,8 +44,10 @@ the network of new services available on a host. As another recent extension for the Domain Name System, \term{DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD)}~\cite{rfc6763} uses DNS records of types -SRV~\cite{rfc2782} and PTR in a way that allows hosts to browse -for services in a domain. This is a two-step process, consisting of +SRV~\cite{rfc2782} and PTR~\cite{rfc1035} in a way that allows hosts to browse +for services in a domain. While SRV records specify the location of services on +a host, PTR records hold a reverse mapping from IP address to host name. +DNS-SD now relies on a two-step process, consisting of \term{Service Instance Enumeration} and \term{Service Instance Resolution}. \paragraph{1. Service Instance Enumeration} At first, to enumerate the available