On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 00:58 +0100, Christoph Höger wrote: > > mDNS uses a "push" architecture, not a "pull" architecture. Systems > > broadcast service availability instead of being polled for it. So when > > you query your local mDNS resolver, it checks to see if any services > > have been pushed for a given host/service. A non-firewalled system will > > see all pushes; a firewalled system will see none. > > Ok, that explains, why my non firewalled notebook saw all services, but > why did I not see any localhost services? A push from localhgost should > not be firewalled! Ah, but you see, the push isn't to localhost, it's to the broadcast address, which *is* firewalled. As to why avahi doesn't just enumerate them internally... that I don't know. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
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