WO2014008822A1

WO2014008822A1 - Method, device and system for setting dns server address

Info

Publication number: WO2014008822A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/078602
Authority: WO
Inventors: 林磊
Original assignee: 华为终端有限公司
Priority date: 2012-07-11
Filing date: 2013-07-01
Publication date: 2014-01-16
Also published as: CN102761629B; CN102761629A

Abstract

In the field of computer application, disclosed are a method, device and system for setting a DNS server address. The method is used for setting a DNS server address for a host which runs a Mac OS X operating system, the host has established an IPv6 connection, and an IP address has been set for the host. The method comprises: receiving a query command sent by the host, returning a DNS server address to the host according to the query command, enabling the host to call an API of the Mac OS X operating system, and setting the DNS server address for the host. Therefore, a DNS server address can be automatically configured for a host running a Mac OS X operating system without requiring manual operation of a user, which improves the convenience in use and the configuration efficiency.

Description

Method, device and system for setting DNS server address

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of computing applications, and in particular, to a method, device and system for setting a DNS server address on a Mac OS X operating system. Background technique

The existing Internet is based on the IPv4 protocol. IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6, Internet Protocol Version 6) is the next version of the Internet Protocol. It was originally proposed because with the rapid development of the Internet, the limited address space defined by IPv4 will be exhausted, and the lack of address space will be Affect the further development of the Internet. IPv6 has the advantages of expanding address space, improving overall network throughput, improving quality of service (QoS), better security, supporting plug-and-play and mobility, and better implementation of multicast capabilities. DNS (Domain Name System) The role of the server is to bind the domain name and IP address on the network, so that the user can directly enter the domain name in the browser to access the site corresponding to the IP address.

Currently, there are several methods for automatically configuring the host IP address in the IPv6 protocol: Stateful autoconfuration:

Configured based on the DHCPv6 protocol, apply for an IP address from the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server and obtain related configuration information (such as the default gateway, DNS server, etc.). This IP address configuration method and IPv4 basics. the same.

And all current Mac OS X operating systems (Apple's PC operating system) version

( 10.4 version/10. 5 version/10.6 version) The DHCPv6 protocol is not supported. The IPv6 address can only be configured through the ICMPv6 protocol. However, the ICMPv6 protocol can only configure the IP address, but does not support other configuration information. It is not supported to obtain information such as the DNS server address. Therefore, the DNS server address under the Mac OS X operating system needs to be manually set by the user in the network configuration interface. When using a terminal device (such as a network card, data card, modem, etc.) to provide network services for a host running Mac OS X operating system, the IPv6 DNS server address of the host cannot be automatically configured. Manually configured by the user, there is a problem that the manual configuration operation is cumbersome and inefficient. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method, a device, and a system for setting a DNS server address, which can solve the problem that an Internet terminal device that provides network services for a host running the Mac OS X operating system cannot automatically configure an IPv6 DNS server address, and manually configures a DNS address. The server address operation is cumbersome and inefficient, and the DNS server address can be automatically configured, which is simple and efficient.

A method for setting a DNS server address, configured to set a DNS server address for a host running a Mac OS X operating system, an IPv6 connection with the host, and an IP address set by the host, including:

Receiving a query command sent by the host, returning a DNS server address to the host according to the query command, so that the host invokes an API of the Mac OS X operating system, and setting the DNS server address for the host. A device for setting a DNS server address for setting a DNS server address for a host running a Mac OS X operating system, including: a connection unit for establishing an IPv6 connection with a host running a Mac OS X operating system, and further comprising:

a receiving unit and a main control unit; wherein

The receiving unit is connected to the connecting unit, and configured to receive an inquiry command sent by the host, and transmit the query command to the main control unit;

The main control unit is connected to the receiving unit, and configured to return a DNS server address to the host according to a query command, so that the host invokes an API of the Mac OS X operating system, and the host is configured to DNS server address. a method for setting a DNS server address, configured to set a DNS server address for a host running the Mac OS X operating system, the host and the internet terminal device having established an IPv6 connection and the host The IP address has been set, including:

Obtaining a DNS server address from the internet terminal device by using a query command;

Calling the API of the Mac OS X operating system to set the acquired DNS server address for the host. A device for setting a DNS server address, for a host running the Mac OS X operating system, comprising: a connection establishing unit for establishing an IPv6 connection with the internet terminal device, and further comprising:

a main control processing unit and an address setting unit; wherein

The main control processing unit is connected to the connection establishing unit, configured to acquire a DNS server address from the online terminal device by using a query command, and transmit the address to the address setting unit;

The address setting unit is connected to the main control processing unit, and is configured to invoke an API of the Mac OS X operating system according to a DNS server address acquired by the main control processing unit from the online terminal device, and set the host for the host Get the DNS server address. A system for setting a DNS server address, including:

The device for running the Mac OS X operating system and the Internet terminal device, and the device for setting the DNS server address provided by the second embodiment of the present invention;

The device is provided with a device for setting a DNS server address provided by Embodiment 4 of the present invention, and the device is in communication connection with the Internet access terminal device, and is configured to set a DNS server address of the host. It can be seen from the technical solution provided by the foregoing that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the running Mac OS X operating system host cooperates with the Internet terminal device, and obtains the DNS server address information for configuration by using the query command, and automatically completes the host DNS server. The configuration of the address. Therefore, the host DNS server address of the Mac OS X operating system can be automatically configured by using the internet terminal device that implements the network service, and the user's manual operation is not required, thereby improving the convenience and configuration efficiency of use. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without any creative work.

1 is a flowchart of a method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

4 is a specific flowchart of a method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The core of the present invention is: to enable a host running Mac OS X operating system and an Internet terminal device (the Internet terminal device can be a device that provides a network connection for a host running the Mac OS X operating system, such as a wireless network card or router, a modem, etc.) After the IPv6 connection is established, the configuration of the DNS server address for the Mac OS X operating system is automatically completed after the Internet terminal device cooperates with the host to obtain the DNS server address information for configuration. This embodiment provides a method for setting a DNS server address, which is used to run Mac OS X. The host of the system sets the DNS server address, and the Internet terminal device has established an IPv6 connection with the host and the host has set an IP address. The method is as shown in FIG. 1 and includes the following steps:

Step 1: receiving a query command sent by the host, and returning the DNS server address to the host according to the query command;

Step 2: The host invokes an API of the Mac OS X operating system to set the DNS server address for the host.

In the foregoing step 1, the DNS server address is returned to the host according to the query command: obtaining the DNS server address from the internet terminal device by using a USB command or an HTTP command. The query command can be determined according to the type of the terminal device. If the terminal device is a USB data card, the USB command can be used. If the Internet terminal device is an Ethernet interface router, the query command can use the HTTP command.

In the above method, the Internet terminal device establishes an IPv6 connection with the host, and the host sets the IP address to be:

The Internet terminal device receives the ICMPv6 command sent by the host, and returns the IP address to the host according to the received ICMPv6 command, so that the host sets the IP address. The IP address is returned to the host according to the received ICMPv6 command:

The Internet terminal device returns an IP address to the host by using the ICMPv6 object according to the received ICMPv6 request for querying the IP address, and the returned IP address is an IPv6 address.

In the above method, the IP address and the DNS server address obtained by the Internet terminal device are the IP address and the DNS server address obtained by the Internet terminal from the network side during the establishment of the connection with the network side. The embodiment provides a device for setting a DNS server address, which is used to set a DNS server address for a host running the Mac OS X operating system, and the device can be used as an Internet terminal device that provides a network connection to a host running the Mac OS X operating system. As shown in FIG. 2, the device includes: a connecting unit 21, a receiving unit 22, and a main control unit 23; The connection unit 21 is configured to establish an IPv6 connection with a host running the Mac OS X operating system;

The receiving unit 22 is connected to the connecting unit 21, configured to receive an ICMPv6 command sent by the host, and transmit the command to the main control unit; and receive the query command sent by the host, and transmit the query command to the main control unit;

The main control unit 23 is connected to the receiving unit 22, configured to return an IP address to the host according to the received ICMPv6 command, so that the host sets the IP address; and return the DNS server address to the host according to the query command. So that the host invokes the API of the Mac OS X operating system to set the DNS server address for the host. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for setting a DNS server address, which is used to set a DNS server address for a host running the Mac OS X operating system, and the host has established an IPv6 connection with the Internet terminal device and the host has set an IP address. As shown in Figure 3, the following steps are included:

Step 31: Obtain a DNS server address from the online terminal device by using a query command. Step 32: Call an API of the Mac OS X operating system to set a obtained DNS server address for the host.

In the foregoing step 31, the DNS server address is obtained from the internet terminal device by using a query command: obtaining a DNS server address from the internet terminal device by using a USB command or an HTTP command. The query command can be determined according to the type of the terminal device. If the Internet terminal device is a USB data card, the USB command can be used. If the Internet terminal device is a router of the Ethernet interface, the query command can use the HTTP command.

In the above method, the host running the Mac OS X operating system establishes an IPv6 connection with the Internet terminal device and the host setting IP address can be:

The host obtains an IP address from the Internet terminal device through the ICMPv6 command, and the host sets the obtained IP address. The host obtains an IP address from the Internet terminal device through the ICMPv6 command, which specifically includes the following steps: After determining that the IPv6 connection is established with the Internet terminal device, sending an ICMPv6 request for querying the IP address to the Internet terminal device;

Receiving an IP address returned by the internet terminal device according to the ICMPv6 request for querying the IP address. It can receive the IP address returned by the Internet terminal device using the ICMPv6 object, and the returned IP address is an IPv6 address.

In the above method, the IP address and the DNS server address obtained by the host from the Internet terminal device are IP addresses and DNS server addresses obtained by the network terminal from the network side during the connection process between the establishment and the network side. The method of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

The host running the Mac OS X operating system communicates with the Internet terminal device, and installs the driver and the resident process (ie, the resident service process) of the Internet terminal device on the host computer, and obtains the Mac OS X operation of the host running. The resident process of the highest administrator authority of the system), the host can connect to the IPv6 network through the Internet terminal device, and after the Internet terminal device connects to the IPv6 network, the DNS information is transmitted to the driver of the Internet terminal device; the driver will DNS information. Transparently passed to the resident process, the resident process calls the application interface function (API) of the Mac OS X operating system to set the DNS information to the host.

As shown in FIG. 4, step 41 is: a driver running on a host running the Mac OS X operating system (a driver for the Internet terminal) establishes an IPv6 connection with the terminal device; and step 42 is: the host passes the same The running driver receives the connection notification sent by the internet terminal device;

Step 43 is: the host queries the Internet terminal device for the IP address through the ICMPv6 request request through the driver running on the host;

Step 44: The host receives the IP address returned by the Internet terminal device through the ICMPv6 response through the driver running on the host;

Step 45 is: the operating system running on the host is obtained according to the driver running on the host. IP address, automatically configure the IP address of the host;

Step 46: The host queries the Internet terminal device to query the DNS server address through the query command by using the driver running on the host;

Step 47: The host receives the DNS server address returned by the terminal device through the driver running on the host, and transparently transmits the resident server to the resident process running on the host that has obtained root authority; Step 48 is: running on the host The resident process calls the API of the Mac OS X operating system to set the DNS server address using the received DNS server address.

In the foregoing process of FIG. 4, from step 41 to step 44, the process of establishing an IPv6 connection and obtaining an IP address by using an ICMPv6 command; in step 46, the host queries the DNS server from the terminal device through the driver running thereon. Address: In step 47, the host transparently transmits the DNS server address to the resident process running on the host through the driver running on the host; in step 48, the resident process running on the host invokes the system API to set the host's DNS server. address.

In the above method, the resident process running on the host already has root authority at the time of installation (that is, the highest administrator authority of the system, otherwise the API for setting the DNS server address cannot be executed); thus, each time the host operating system is restarted , can start automatically.

With the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after the IPv6 network connection is established on the Mac OS X operating system, the DNS server address of the host can be automatically configured without manual operation by the user. The embodiment provides a device for setting a DNS server address, which is used in a host running the Mac OS X operating system. As shown in FIG. 5, the device includes: a connection establishing unit 51, a main control processing unit 52, and an address setting unit 53. ;

The connection establishing unit 51 is configured to establish an IPv6 connection with the Internet access terminal device. The main control processing unit 52 is connected to the connection establishing unit 51, and is configured to determine that the Internet terminal device connected to the host establishes an IPv6 connection, and then uses the ICMPv6 command to access the Internet access terminal. The device obtains an IP address and transmits it to the address setting unit; and is configured to obtain a DNS service from the online terminal device by using a query command. Server address and transfer to the address setting unit;

The address setting unit 53 is connected to the main control processing unit 52, configured to set the IP address for the host according to the IP address obtained by the main control processing unit from the online terminal device; and the DNS for obtaining from the online terminal device according to the main control processing unit. Address, call the API of the Mac OS X operating system, and set the obtained DNS server address for the host. This embodiment provides a system for setting a DNS server address. As shown in FIG. 6, the system includes:

The host computer 61 running the Mac OS X operating system and the Internet terminal device 63, the Internet terminal device 63 adopts the device for setting the DNS server address given in the above second embodiment;

The device is provided with a device 62 for setting a DNS server address according to the fourth embodiment, and the device 62 is communicatively connected with the internet terminal device 63 for setting a DNS server address of the host 61. Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be through hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation. the way. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk of a computer. A hard disk or optical disk or the like includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or within the technical scope of the present disclosure. Alternatives are intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

Rights request

1. A method of setting a DNS server address for a host running the Mac OS X operating system, with which an IPv6 connection has been established and the host has set an IP address, which is characterized by including:

Receive the query command sent by the host, and return the DNS server address to the host according to the query command, so that the host calls the API of the Mac OS X operating system to set the DNS server address for the host.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, returning the DNS server address to the host according to the query command is: obtaining the DNS server address from the Internet terminal device through a USB command or an HTTP command.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein establishing an IPv6 connection with the host and setting an IP address by the host includes:

According to the received ICMPv6 request for querying the IP address, the ICMPv6 object is used to return the IP address to the host, so that the host sets the returned IP address.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the returned IP address is an IPv6 address.

5. A device for setting an IPv6 DNS server address, used to set a DNS server address for a host running the Mac OS X operating system, including: a connection unit used to establish an IPv6 connection with the host running the Mac OS X operating system, its characteristics It also includes:

receiving unit and main control unit; among them,

The receiving unit is connected to the connection unit and is used to receive the query command sent by the host and transmit it to the main control unit;

The main control unit is connected to the receiving unit and is used to return the DNS server address to the host according to the query command, so that the host calls the API of the Mac OS X operating system and sets the DNS server address.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive an ICMPv6 command sent by the host and transmit it to the main control unit; The main control unit is also configured to return the IP address to the host according to the ICMPv6 command received by the receiving unit, so that the host sets the IP address.

7. A method of setting a DNS server address for a host running the Mac OS , include:

Obtain the DNS server address from the Internet terminal device through a query command;

Call the API of the Mac OS X operating system to set the obtained DNS server address for the host.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining the DNS server address from the Internet access terminal device through a query command is: obtaining the DNS server address from the Internet access terminal device through a USB command or an HTTP command.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the host establishes an IPv6 connection with the Internet access terminal device and the host sets an IP address including:

Obtain the IP address from the Internet terminal device through ICMPv6 commands;

The IP address obtained by the host settings.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, obtaining the IP address from the Internet access terminal device through ICMPv6 commands includes:

After determining to establish an IPv6 connection with the Internet access terminal device, send an ICMPv6 request to query the IP address to the Internet access terminal device;

Receive the IP address returned by the Internet access terminal device according to the ICMPv6 request for querying the IP address.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that the obtained IP address is an IPv6 address.

12. A device for setting a DNS server address, used in a host running the Mac OS

Main control processing unit and address setting unit; where, The main control processing unit, connected to the connection establishment unit, is used to obtain the DNS server address from the Internet terminal device through a query command and transmit it to the address setting unit;

The address setting unit is connected to the main control processing unit, and is used to call the API of the Mac OS X operating system according to the DNS server address obtained by the main control processing unit from the Internet terminal device, and set the settings for the host Obtained DNS server address.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the main control processing unit is further configured to determine that after establishing an IPv6 connection between the host and the Internet access terminal device, obtain the IP address from the Internet access terminal device through an ICMPv6 command and transmit it. to the address setting unit;

The address setting unit is also used to set the IP address for the host according to the IP address obtained by the main control processing unit from the Internet terminal device.

14. A system for setting a DNS server address, which is characterized by including:

A host computer and an Internet access terminal device running the Mac OS X operating system. The Internet access terminal device adopts the device for setting the DNS server address of claim 5;

The host is provided with the device described in claim 12 or 13, the device is communicatively connected to the Internet access terminal device, and is used to set the DNS server address of the host.