mdns_lite v0.8.1

Changelog

This project follows Semantic Versioning.

v0.8.1 - 2021-09-19

  • Fixed
    • Fix interface monitor crash when a network interface gets removed.

v0.8.0

This release is a major update to MdnsLite to support making queries in addition to responding to queries. The runtime API is not backwards compatible. If you're only using the application environment to configure MdnsLite, you should be ok.

  • New features

    • Make mDNS requests
    • Add a DNS bridge for Erlang's DNS resolver. This enables Erlang distribution and :gen_tcp users to be passed .local hostnames. See docs for how to configure
    • mDNS record caching
    • mDNS record inspection - both for ones MdnsLite advertises and for ones in the caches
    • AAAA record support - Proper IPv6 support is still not available

  • Bug fixes

    • MdnsLite now uses :socket to send and receive mDNS messages. This fixes several issues where multicast packets were being mixed up between network interfaces.

v0.7.0

  • Breaking change

    • Change optional dependency on VintageNet to a mandatory one. Probably all :mdns_lite users were already using VintageNet and since Mix releases doesn't support optional dependencies yet, some users got errors when the release misordered them. This avoids the problem.

  • Improvements

    • Removed the :dns package dependency. There as an Erlang crypto API call in a dependency of :dns that was removed in OTP 24. This change makes it possible to use :mdns_lite on OTP 24 without worrying about a missing crypto API call.

v0.6.7

  • Improvements
    • Exclude "wwan0" by default. These interfaces are cellular links like ppp and it's not appropriate to respond to mDNS on them either.

v0.6.6

  • Bug fixes
    • Advertise services based on service names & not hostname. Thanks to Matt Trudel for this fix.

v0.6.5

  • Bug fixes
    • Reuse addresses and ports when binding to the multicast socket to coexist with other mDNS software. Thanks to Eduardo Cunha and Matt Myers for the updates.

v0.6.4

  • New features
    • Support custom TXT record contents. See the :txt_payload. Thanks to Eduardo Cunha for adding this.

v0.6.3

  • Bug fixes
    • Update default so that ppp interfaces are ignored. This prevents surprises of having a responder run on a cellular link.

v0.6.2

  • Bug fixes
    • Fix crash when handling undecodable mDNS messages

v0.6.1

  • Handle nil from VintageNet reports

v0.6.0

  • Allow mdns host to be change at runtime
  • New network monitor: VintageNetMonitor

v0.5.0

  • Allow services to be added and removed at runtime.

v0.4.3

  • Correct typos and white space
  • Comment out logger messages

v0.4.2

  • Remove un-helpful Logger.debug statements - Issue #49
  • Put this file into the proper order.

v0.4.1

  • Correct bad tag in README.md and correct grammar.
  • Correct documentation of the MdnsLite module

v0.4.0

  • The value of host in the configuration file can have two values. The second can serve as an alias for the first.
  • Updated documentation and comments.
  • Created a new test.

v0.3.0

  • Remove a superfluous map from the config.

v0.2.1

  • Update README to reflect changes in previous version.

v0.2.0

  • Much better alignment with RFC 6763 - DNS Service-based discovery.
  • Affects handling of SRV and PTR queries.

v0.1.0

  • Initial release