Does BIND9 support broadcast/multicast query?

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Tue Dec 27 15:20:33 UTC 2005


Hideshi Enokihara wrote:
> 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.
> 

I can tell you definitively that BIND9 does not check for the broadcast
and multicast flags when scanning the interfaces. I needed to add that
code when I copied it so that I could use it in NTP which uses both
those modes of operation.

> 
>>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.
> 

Just making sure.

> Thanks,

Danny



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