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25The mdns vendor source repository is at https://github.com/illumos/mdns/.
26
27Updated from upstream version mDNSResponder-878.1.1
28Updated from upstream version mDNSResponder-625.41.2
29Updated from upstream version mDNSResponder-576.30.4
30
31Multicast DNS and Service Discovery support in Solaris using the
32Apple Bonjour source code (v107.6). Apple Bonjour source can be
33downloaded from:
34	http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/download/
35The following components are integrated from the Apple Bonjour
36source in Solaris:
37  libdns_sd:	usr/src/lib/libdns_sd <dns_sd.h>
38  mdnsd:	usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.lib/mdnsd
39  dns-sd:	usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.bin/dns-sd
40
41Following fixes have been made to the Apple Bonjour source
42integrated in Solaris:
43* 64-bit support by adding pad bytes in ipc_msg_hdr_struct
44* 64-bit support in libjdns_sd, dnssd.jar (JNISupport.c, DNSSD.java)
45* mdnsd switches to user 'noaccess' and not 'nobody' after init
46* Fixes to support IPv6 (mDNSPosix.c, mDNSUNP.c)
47* Fix error raised when uDNS.c is compiled with Sun Studio compiler
48* Fix in dnssd_clientstub.c to not check errno when recvmsg returns 0
49* mDNSDebug.c modified to not send msgs directly to console when
50  syslog call returns an error. Logs the messages at LOG_INFO level
51  and not LOG_ERR
52
53In addition the project introduces the following changes:
54* A new nss_mdns module is introduced to use Multicast DNS (mdns)
55  for resolving link-local hostnames and is located at:
56    usr/src/lib/nsswitch/mdns
57* snoop updated to decode mDNS packets
58* updated /etc/services to include mdns
59* <netinet/in.h> updated to include mdns
60* svc:/network/dns/multicast:default introduced to manage mDNS daemon
61* solaris.smf.manage.mdns & solaris.smf.value.mdns authorizations
62  to modify nss_mdns configuration in svc:/network/dns/multicast:default
63  Both authorizations added in network management execution profile.
64* Default nsswitch.dns includes mdns as source for hosts & ipnodes
65* nscd daemon updated to support mdns
66* SUNWdsdu and SUNWdsdr packages deliver all the new mDNS
67  service discovery components.
68