Importance of Domain Name System • DNS is essential for a proper operation of the network; • If DNS fails, connections to any remote host are no more possible; • To allow network operation in case of failures of a nameserver, each nameserver (called primary nameserver should have at least another nameserver (called secondary nameserver) [...]
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Zeroconf relies on what is called Multicast DNS. Say you are at a party and you need to talk to a woman named Suzy. Unicast DNS is like asking the host of the party who she is; multicast DNS is like shouting “Is Suzy here?” to the whole room. Naturally, things would get awfully loud [...]