Does BIND9 support broadcast/multicast query?

Hideshi Enokihara Hideshi.Enokihara at jp.yokogawa.com
Tue Dec 27 05:26:05 UTC 2005


Thank you for your reply.

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:54:45 -0500
Danny Mayer <mayer at ntp.isc.org> wrote:

> Hideshi Enokihara wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have a simple question for BIND9.
> > 
> > Does BIND9 support a UDP query that is delivered using an IP broadcast or multicast address?
> > 
> > Please teach me.
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> 
> No. What would be the purpose of doing that? You might want to take a
> look at the mDNS proposal. You'd have to look for that on the IETF site.

I just want to reserch BIND9.

> Note that IP broadcast is only valid for IPv4. Your sig. seems to
> indicate that you are interested in IPv6.
> 
> Danny

Of course I know.
But I'm interested in both IPv4 and IPv6.

Thanks,
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Hideshi Enokihara
IPv6 Business
Network & Software Development Dept.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation



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