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Rendezvous is Apple's implementation of zero-configuration (zeroconf) IP networking. By using Rendezvous, devices can allocate addresses without a DHCP server, translate between names and IP addresses without a DNS server, and locate and allocate directory services without a directory server. Hardware developers can use Rendezvous to make their devices register their services for easy access by applications over a network.

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Rendezvous service types used in Mac OS X (HTML)
QA1312: Provides a list of common Rendezvous service types used in Mac OS X.
2004-07-14
Getting a Packet Trace (HTML) ()
QA1176: Lists tools available for looking at the network packets on the wire.
2004-07-13
Discovering all advertised Rendezvous service types (HTML)
QA1337: Explains how to discover all Rendezvous service types being advertised on the local network.
2004-06-01
Generating an NMI Without a Programmer's Switch (HTML) ()
QA1264: Explains how to generate a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) on CPUs without programmer's switches.
2004-04-26
Rendezvous enforces the service type format in Panther (HTML)
QA1198: Explains why registering a Rendezvous service might fail on Panther.
2004-03-23
Clearing mDNSResponder's cached records (HTML)
QA1310: Clearing the Rendezvous service cache (mDNSResponder's cached records) for testing purposes.
2004-02-11
The state of mDNSResponder (HTML)
QA1339: Explains how to obtain information regarding the internal state of mDNSResponder.
2004-02-06
Registering a Rendezvous service multiple times (HTML)
QA1311: Explains why registering the same Rendezvous service twice on the same machine doesn't cause a name conflict.
2003-10-23
Rendezvous TXT record rate limiting in Panther (HTML)
QA1293: Explains how mDNSResponder implements TXT record rate limiting in Panther.
2003-10-23
IOKit Framework Headers (HTML) ()
QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
2002-01-15
The "packages" node in the device tree (HTML)
HW90: Describes the "packages" node in the Open Firmware device tree.
2000-09-05
Is the Open Firmware device tree object oriented? (HTML)
HW80: Discusses the object-oriented attributes of the Open Firmware device tree.
1999-11-15
Sample code for allocating an amount of dictionary space (HTML)
HW71: Discusses the allocation and the setting of memory for Dictionary space in Open Firmware.
1999-10-11
What is the "dump" word and how do I use it? (HTML)
HW68: Describes the function of the Open Firmware word "dump" and how it can be used.
1999-10-11
What numeric base is the default for the Open Firmware user interface? (HTML)
HW65: Describes how the default numeric base used by the Open Firmware user interface is hexadecimal.
1999-10-11
Determining Open Firmware configuration variables (HTML) ()
HW56: Discusses how to determine the Open Firmware variables on a system.
1999-03-29
Expansion ROM device properties (HTML) ()
HW50: Describes the Open Firmware properties that should be included in a boot device's expansion ROM.
1999-03-29
Getting started with Forth (HTML) ()
HW53: Describes where FCode driver developers can get information about the Forth programming language.
1999-03-29
Why did the name of the PCI bridge change? (HTML) ()
HW59: Explains the name change of the PCI bridge to the generic name "pci" in Open Firmware.
1999-03-29
Are interrupts enabled while Open Firmware is running? (HTML) ()
HW44: Explains that interrupts are disabled when Open Firmware is running.
1999-02-15