[Dnsmasq-discuss] Naming of Machines, Admin

[Quantum Scientific]

Is anyone out there?



On Thursday 10 March 2005 10:26, Quantum Scientific wrote:
> We are planning a wireless cloud (fully IPV6), which will have a domain name.  
> The ideal system would accept association from members, and name their node 
> with a predetermined virtual name in the domain, so they can easily be 
> identified and nefarious activities easily traced.  (we are a WISP)
> 
> Apparently RAdvD can't name nodes in a domain (stateless) and I'd like to 
> avoid DHCP6, as these are embedded system nodes, and resources are limited.  
> So how to name the nodes?  Is dnsmasq up to a cloud of say, 500 nodes, and 
> has anyone used it to name nodes?
> 
> Another aspect is that I am trying to demote the role of the cloud gateway to 
> be just essentially a bridge.  This means for each node, a global IP + 
> firewall, name cache, web object cache, apache, etc.  So where would 
> something like RAdvD or dnsmasq properly go, in a no-NAT IPV6 topology?  Is 
> there an IPV6 'best practice' to centrally administer a decentralized topology, 
> including authentication, updating image firmware, and node-naming?
> 
> Carl Cook