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It used to be that two laptops, sitting side by side, couldn't communicate with each other; they may as well have been a thousand miles apart. But that was then, before the advent of Zero Configuration Networking technology. This amazing cross-platform open source technology automatically connects electronic devices on a network, allowing them to interoperate seamlessly-without any user configuration. So now you don't have to lift a finger! Needless to say, it has completely changed the way people connect to devices and programs for printing, file sharing, and other activities.

Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide walks you through this groundbreaking network technology, with a complete description of the protocols and ways to implement network-aware applications and devices.

Written by two Zero Configuration Networking experts, including one of Apple's own computer scientists, the book covers more than just file sharing and printing. Zero Configuration Networking also enables activities such as music and photo sharing and automatic buddy discovery on Instant Messaging applications. In fact, Zero Configuration Networking can be used for virtually any device that can be controlled by a computer. And this handy guide has the inside scoop on all of its capabilities-and how you can easily apply them in your own environment.

For the technically advanced, Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide examines the three core technologies that make up Zero Configuration Networking: Link-Local Addressing, Multicast DNS, and DNS Service Discovery. It also reviews a series of APIs, including C-API, Java API, CFNetServices, and Cocoa's NSNetServices.

Whether you want to understand how iTunes works, or you want to network a series of laptops and other devices at your office for maximum efficiency, you'll find all the answers in this authoritative guide.

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Daniel Steinberg is the editor of ONJava and java.net for the O'Reilly Network. He's been working with Java on the Mac since it first appeared, but also enjoys coding in ObjC and other languages. Daniel is a longtime technical writer, trainer, and developer with Dim Sum Thinking, Inc. and recently co-authored the book, "Extreme Software Engineering: A Hands-on approach" (Prentice Hall).

Stuart Cheshire is currently a Senior Scientist with Apple Computer, specializing in Internet Protocols. He's published papers in the areas of wireless and networking, and Mobile IP, and previously worked on IBM Token Ring with Madge Networks in the U.K. Stuart received the B.A. and M.A. degrees from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, U.K., and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (January 17, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0596101007
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0596101008
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.01 x 0.55 x 9.41 inches

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Evgeni Stavinov

Exactly what I needed

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2008

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I needed to design a simple network protocol for custom embedded devices with features similar to Zeroconf.
I spent quite some time gathering bits and pieces about it on the web before giving up and buying this book. It's comprehensive. It explains different Zeroconf design choices and pitfalls, which was important to me.

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B. Baldwin

Very useful book

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017

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Easy to ready book that describes the concepts and ideas behind zero configuration networking. This book helped me understand at a deeper level zero config and bonjour.

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2015

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Clean and straight forward writing.

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Clint Pachl

The World is Far from Zeroconf

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2008

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First of all, this book wasn't what I expected. I was anticipating a UNIX-like book about how to use common servers to automate network and computer configurations. I guess I should have read the book description better. Instead, it is very Mac-centric and covers service discovery, automatic configuration, and Apple's zeroconf software currently known as Bonjour.

After discovering early on that this was not the book I was looking for, I still decided to read it cover to cover. It is actually ok, but I see lots of arguments against zeroconf. First of all, security. I would not recommend attaching a zeroconf network directly to the Internet. There are too many opportunities for the bad guy to exploit your network when things just automagically configure themselves. That's why UPnP just kind of died. Sure, this stuff is useful for secure isolated networks, but those are becoming a rarity. Security is addressed very briefly and the authors don't make a very strong argument.

Second, zeroconf is to make our lives easier by not having to run service oriented servers, like DNS and DHCP, however, this book tells you how to setup and use DNS to make zeroconf work better; very contradicting.

I would recommend this book to a Mac application developer who is building an app that needs to take advantage of service discovery and automatic configuration. There is tons of good API code snippets, explanations, and examples. However, if you are a regular Mac/UNIX/Windows user who just wants your computer to automatically detect your network printers, scanners, cameras, etc., you can skip this book and find all the documentation you need online. I would suggest starting at Wikipedia.

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Dan McKinnon

Great Networking Resource

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2007

'Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide' by Daniel Steinberg is a great network resource book for any and all administrators, developers, and/or tinkerers!! Packed to the brim with networking goodness, this is a wonderful book for anyone that wants to learn to network things smarter, better, and faster than ever before!! Written in classic O'Reilly fashion with ~220 pages of solid content, this is a nice buy for all interested parties :^)

***** RECOMMENDED

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A Dad

This book is very disappointing from a developer perspective

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018

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As a developer, I already have a good idea of the basics of MDNS/Bonjour. I purchased this book hoping to learn how to use C APIs and the code you can download from Apple to implement your own MDNS service or browser. Unfortunately, the book only covers the basics for an individual trying to understand the technologies. The sections covering the C APIs are woefully inadequate. The C API section starts with an brief explanation for initialization, but does not show how to do initialization. It immediately starts talking about using a DNSServiceRef but does not explain where that DNSServiceRef comes from. The code that is provided is dispersed amount multiple pages, and a complete basic program is not provided. Maybe the book was written before the Apple code was mature. Bottom line is, if you are a developer you're going to have to read the and understand the Apple code (that you can download), and that code is rather complex. If you are a beginner just wanting to learn the basics of this technology, then I guess this book is for you. Of course, this is the only book there is on this subject that I know of.

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Simon J Newton

Great book, Highly recommended

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2013

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It covers all the concepts behind zeroconf and it's small enough you can read it in a few hours. If you're looking to get started using DNS-SD / MDNS this is the book for you. The first half covers the theory, the second half is code samples.

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noname

not for network engineers

Reviewed in Germany on September 2, 2015

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Nice book, but mainly focused on programmers with basic network knowledge.
For a network engineer first part of this book i s a bit easy with lot of unnecessary details describing something obvious, while 2nd (describing libraries) could be more detailed.
But I can imagine, for those who are writing code every day it can be other way around.

Suresh Kumar

FANTASTIC BOOK

Reviewed in India on April 23, 2015

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Fantastic Book for all people who want to work or learn about Zero Config.

Minor point, DNS-SD is moved on with new features, since the book was published, may be a update on the new commands would help.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2011

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trying to implement zeroconf on a deeply embedded client, a lot of things became clear after reading this book. It's written in a very readable style which is accessible by the beginner without being patronising to the more experienced.

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