Re: [NTLK] Version 0.1m posted -- worthy of VersionTracker update

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At 12:22 PM 10/28/2002 -0500, Paul Guyot <pguyot_at_kallisys.net> wrote:

>The advantage of AppleTalk is that it's zeroconf before zeroconf. You
>don't need to specify any IP or port.

This is a definite advantage. But couldn't a client/server application
impliment this as an Application-layer protocol? i.e., send IP broadcast
packets on the local subnet advertising availability of the service and the
IP/port# on a regular basis while the server is running. Then the client
listens to the broadcast packets and configures itself?

-Jeremy

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