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dnsextd(8)		     System Manager's Manual		      dnsextd(8)

NAME
     dnsextd -- BIND Extension Daemon

SYNOPSIS
     dnsextd

DESCRIPTION
     dnsextd  is a daemon invoked at boot time, running alongside BIND 9, to im-
     plement two EDNS0 extensions to the standard DNS protocol.

     dnsextd allows clients to perform DNS Updates with an attached lease  life-
     time,  so	that  if the client crashes or is disconnected from the network,
     its address records will be automatically deleted after the lease expires.

     dnsextd allows clients to perform long-lived queries.  Instead  of  rapidly
     polling the server to discover when information changes, long-lived queries
     enable  a	client to indicate its interest in some set of data, and then be
     notified asynchronously by the server whenever any of that data changes.

     dnsextd has no user-specifiable command-line argument, and users should not
     run dnsextd manually.

SEE ALSO
     mDNS(1) mDNSResponder(8)

     For information on Dynamic DNS Update, see RFC 2136 "Dynamic Updates in the
     Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)"

     For    information    on	  Dynamic     DNS     Update	 Leases,     see
     http://files.dns-sd.org/draft-dns-update-leases.txt

     For	information	   on	     Long-Lived       Queries,	     see
     http://files.dns-sd.org/draft-dns-llq.txt

BUGS
     dnsextd bugs are tracked in Apple Radar component "mDNSResponder".

HISTORY
     The dnsextd daemon first appeared in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

Darwin				   August 2004			      dnsextd(8)

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