LLMNRD(8)

💖 LLMNRD(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about llmnrd — that's the LLMNR (RFC 4795) responder daemon, and yes she is that girl 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

llmnrd — the LLMNR (RFC 4795) responder daemon 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

llmnrd [options]

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so like, llmnrd is a user space daemon that implements the Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) protocol, exactly per RFC 4795, no cap 📜✨

what does she do tho? she responds to name resolution queries that Windows clients send out, in networks where there's literally no DNS server available. like, nobody's answering the phone, so she picks up 💅

and the best part? Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported. she's versatile, she's flexible, she's giving range 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -H <name>, --hostname <name> — manually set the hostname she responds with. by default, the system hostname is used 🏠 (she's not gonna make up a name unless you tell her to)
• -i <dev>, --interface <dev> — bind the socket to a specific interface, like eth0 or wlan0. one interface, one vibe, locked in 🔒
• -p <num>, --port <num> — set the port number to listen on. by default she uses port 5355, because that's what RFC 4795 says, and she follows the rules 📖✨
• -6, --ipv6 — enable LLMNR name resolution over IPv6. turn this on if you want the v6 experience 🚀
• -d, --daemonize — run llmnrd as a daemon in the background. she'll be out there doing her thing while you live your life, main character energy 🫶
• -h, --help — show usage information. when you just need a lil recap 📝
• -V, --version — show the llmnrd version. know your queen's number 👑

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

llmnr-query(1) — go say hi to her friend too 🧚

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> — thank you for your service, legend 🙏✨

ok that's the whole page bestie, you're officially educated 💖 go forth and resolve some names locally, no DNS required, periodt 💅

this lil masterpiece was brought to you by llmnrd, dated 07 March 2017, living under LLMNRD(8) 🎀✨ bye babe, ily 🫶