mDNS and DHT-related work

This was a very productive week in looking forward to working more on the BonAHA framework and our architecture for disconnected ad-hoc networks.

• mDNS and DNS-SD: Reading the specifications again, particularly focusing on their handling of:
  
• Packet size: How does it deal with large packets? What is the maximum packet size?
• iChat TXT record data: iChat exchanges its avatars using DNS-SD. But how large is it? What are the tradeoffs?
  

In terms of related work, here are some items I looked at this week that seem related to 7DS and the BonAHA framework:

• P2PSIP RELOAD
  
• System on Mobile Devices, SyD (A paper from this got accepted at Usenix 2004)
• LIMO: But this doesn't actually seem to have much relationship to 7DS/BonAHA work - it seems to be an overall, comprehensive