Forked from https://github.com/richardschneider/net-mdns to update dependencies and continue development.

A simple Multicast Domain Name Service based on RFC 6762. Can be used as both a client (sending queries) or a server (responding to queries).

A higher level DNS Service Discovery based on RFC 6763 that automatically responds to any query for the service or service instance.

Note: The DNS-SD client does not have flood protection implemented for backwards compatability. We recommend using Tiny DNS for a fully standards compliant client if a server is not needed. If a server is needed this implementation works well.

• Targets .NET Standard 8.0, 9.0, .NET Framework 4.6.2, 4.8.1 and .Net Standard 2.0
• Supports IPv6 and IPv4 platforms
• Detects new and/or removed network interfaces
• Supports multicasting on multiple network interfaces
• Supports reverse address mapping
• Supports service subtypes (features)
• Handles legacy unicast queries and responses, see #61 and #91

Published releases are available on NuGet. To install, run the following command in the Package Manager Console

PM> Install-Package Makaretu.Dns.Multicast.New 

or using .NET CLI run the following command in the project folder

> dotnet add package Makaretu.Dns.Multicast.New 

Always broadcast the service ("foo") running on local host with port 1024.

using Makaretu.Dns; var service = new ServiceProfile("x", "_foo._tcp", 1024); var sd = new ServiceDiscovery(); if (sd.Probe(service)) // Handle the service conflict else { //Begin responding to queries for this service sd.Advertise(service); //Notify listeners that the service is now available sd.Announce(service); }

See the example advertiser for a working program.

Find all services running on the local link.

using Makaretu.Dns; var sd = new ServiceDiscovery(); sd.ServiceDiscovered += (s, serviceName) => { // Do something };

Find all service instances running on the local link.

using Makaretu.Dns; var sd = new ServiceDiscovery(); sd.ServiceInstanceDiscovered += (s, e) => { // Do something };

See the example browser for a working program.

Get all the Apple TVs. The query is sent when a network interface is discovered. The AnsweredReceived callback contains any answer that is seen, not just the answer to the specific query.

using Makaretu.Dns; var mdns = new MulticastService(); mdns.NetworkInterfaceDiscovered += (s, e) => mdns.SendQuery("appletv.local"); mdns.AnswerReceived += (s, e) => { // do something with e.Message }; mdns.Start();

Get the first answer to Apple TVs. Wait 2 seconds for an answer.

using Makaretu.Dns; var service = "appletv.local"; var query = new Message(); query.Questions.Add(new Question { Name = service, Type = DnsType.ANY }); var cancellation = new CancellationTokenSource(2000); using (var mdns = new MulticastService()) { mdns.Start(); var response = await mdns.ResolveAsync(query, cancellation.Token); // Do something }

Respond to a query for the service. Note that ServiceDiscovery.Advertise is much easier.

using Makaretu.Dns; var service = "..."; var mdns = new MulticastService(); mdns.QueryReceived += (s, e) => { var msg = e.Message; if (msg.Questions.Any(q => q.Name == service)) { var res = msg.CreateResponse(); var addresses = MulticastService.GetIPAddresses() .Where(ip => ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork); foreach (var address in addresses) { res.Answers.Add(new ARecord { Name = service, Address = address }); } mdns.SendAnswer(res); } }; mdns.Start();

• net-dns - DNS data model and Name Server with serializer for the wire and master file format
• net-udns - client for unicast DNS, DNS over HTTPS (DOH) and DNS over TLS (DOT)

Copyright © 2018-2019 Richard Schneider (makaretu@gmail.com)

The package is licensed under the MIT license. Refer to the LICENSE file for more information.