Recovering from mDNS Domain Failures

Abstract-- `mDNS' - a hierarchical multicast session directory service architecture, which has been recently submitted to IETF editorial board for publication under Best Current Practice (BCP) track, allows administrative domains to join the global hierarchy incrementally. The global structure dynamically adapts to the changing topology. This paper describes the various failure scenarios in the proposed IETF document and especially the scenario where a participating domain goes down completely. It describes how such a scenario could effect end users' experience and how the system can temporarily recover from such failures until the erring domain can be revived.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: IC
• Authors: Piyush Harsh, Richard Newman
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Directory Service Architecture, Hierarchical Multicast Session, IC 2010, Scenario