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mahboi • today at 7:00 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

When, every single network I've ever used has had a broken mDNS. And there's no way I'm managing a DNS server just to have memorable addrs, especially when it's not my own network.

If you want a real example, I was at a nonprofit event helping with their video livestream. They have a Zowiebox that displays its IP address on a digital display. I reached its web management portal that way on their Windows PC that ofc had no nmap etc installed. Oh and that box is IPv4-only.


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lxgr • today at 7:15 PM

How can a network have “a broken mDNS”? mDNS is a distributed protocol spoken by the devices on it, not something centrally/administratively provided like DHCP.

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