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-We need a basic DNS client (and server) on the nodes. Zero-configuration (zeroconf) networking is software which configures a domain name server (DNS), dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), and other network settings with no configuration. We want to use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Location_Protocol Service Location Protocol] (SLP) to implement a domain service. The domain server returns a service (or files) from a destination (typically based on an IP address), such that the domain server resolves google.com at the 74.125.224.65 address.
+We need a basic DNS client (and server) on the nodes. Zero-configuration (zeroconf) networking is software which configures a domain name server (DNS), dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), and other network settings with no configuration. We want to use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Location_Protocol Service Location Protocol] (SLP) to implement a domain service. The domain server returns a service (or files) from a destination (typically based on an IP address). Such that peoplesopen.net resolves 199.175.52.221 as the IP address.
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 == [http://avahi.org/ avahi] ==
-An implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zeroconf networking. It uses D-Bus for communication between user applications and a system daemon. The daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies, necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks.
+An implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for zero configuration networking. It uses D-Bus for communication between user applications and a system daemon. The daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies, necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks.
 Avahi allows you to access computers using their hostnames. ([https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/avahi documentation from archwiki]) The services on the network can be hosted and discovered [http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/sprotect/v2r8m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.alps.doc%2Fconcepts%2Falps_ig_using_avahi.htm through the command line].