[KLUG Members] SuSE, Zeroconf, and the 'local' Domain

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > So, what does this have to do with the 'local' domain? Just this:
> > instead of resolving it through the regular channels, SuSE's resolver
> > library tries multicast DNS instead, as noted above. As near as I can
> > tell, this is NOT a configurable option; it's written right into the
> > resolver library, and that's that.
> Yep.  I'm afraid your fighting the tide.  Multicast DNS is in the
> resolver, the GNOME-VFS subsystem, and other places too.  This is pretty
> much part & parcel 'service discovery'.

Take a look at http://gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1841 for some of
the resulting possibilities.