Re: [Internet-Drafts@ietf.org: I-D ACTION:draft-rfced-info-honton-00.txt]

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Oskar Pearson forwarded:

> Title : Service Discovery Protocol
> Author(s) : C. Honton
> Filename : draft-rfced-info-honton-00.txt
> Pages : 2
> Date : 11-Nov-97
>
> This document suggests a protocol using a well-known multicast address
> [RFC1112] to discover the interface of the closest service provider
> for a desired service port.

If this does what I think it does, then it'd be a real treat to get it up
and running in proxy scenarios where multicasting is available (client
fires up, asks for the interface of the nearest "proxy server" and
connects directly).

Any indication of whether or not Netscape or Microsoft will be
implementing this?

Cheers..

dave
Received on Thu Nov 13 1997 - 16:17:45 MST