This is Net::Bonjour, a set of perl modules to utilize DNS for service discovery. This method of service discovery is branded as Bonjour by Apple Computer. More information can be found at:

http://www.zeroconf.org/
http://developer.apple.com/macosx/bonjour/index.html

A list of register service types can be found at:

http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html

Requirements:

        perl >= 5.6.0
        Net::DNS >= 0.50

Install the library by running these commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

Please report any bugs/suggestions to George Chlipala <george@walnutcs.com>

NOTE FOR Net::Rendezvous USERS

• As with the change by Apple, I have updated the module to use the "Bonjour" name. I have added support for the Net::Rendezvous classes as subclasses of the cooresponding Net::Bonjour classes. Although, I would suggest updating scripts to reflect the change.

SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN DNS NAMES

• Previous versions of Net::DNS (0.44) would have issues with special characters in DNS names. Handling of special characters was added to Net::DNS with version 0.50 rc 1. As of version 0.95, Net::Bonjour::Entry has been updated to recognize the escaped characters and return an interpolated string when the name() method is called. This update was tested against Net::DNS v0.59. If there are any irregularities with a lower version, I suggest upgrading Net::DNS to v0.59.

All files contained in this installation are Copyright (c) 2004 George Chlipala unless otherwise specified. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Bonjour (in this context) is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.