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Ask HN: Is it possible to have client discovery without a server?

3 pointsby hereiskkbover 4 years ago
Hi Folks,<p>Is there a way to do client discovery without a identity server?<p>I know of Distributed Hash Tables to be a way to implement this. But are there any alternative ways to do this?

2 comments

ktpsnsover 4 years ago
On a general level, what about broadcasting? This is (was) standard in SoHo ethernet networks for service discovery (also used on higher levels such as Bonjour&#x2F;Avahi).
therm0over 4 years ago
ad hoc networks