removed DNS references (moved to its own project)

HDFGroup · Jan 11, 2016 · 8f9ec8f · 8f9ec8f
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diff --git a/dns/config.py b/dns/config.py
diff --git a/dns/local_dns.py b/dns/local_dns.py
diff --git a/docs/CommonRequestHeaders.rst b/docs/CommonRequestHeaders.rst
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ The following describe common HTTP request headers as used in h5serv:
  * Request line: The first line of the request, the format is of the form HTTP verb (GET, PUT, DELETE, or POST) followed by the path to the resource (e.g. /group/<uuid>.  Some operations take one or more query parameters (see relevant documentation)  
  * Authorization: A string that provides the requester's credentials for the request. See  :doc:`Authorization`
  * Host: the domain (i.e. related collection of groups, datasets, and attributes) that the request should apply to
+
+ Note: the host header can also be provided as a query paramter.  Example: https://data.hdfgroup.org:7258/?host=tall.test.data.hdfgroup.org 
diff --git a/docs/DomainOps/GET_Domain.rst b/docs/DomainOps/GET_Domain.rst
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ Description
 ===========
 This operation retrieves information about the requested domain.
 
-*Note:* If the HDF DNS Server (see DNS) is configured 
-(see: :doc:`../Installation/DNSSetup`), the  
-operations can specify the domain as part of the URI.  Example:  
+*Note:* If the HDF Dynamic DNS Server (see https://github.com/HDFGroup/dynamic-dns) is running, 
+the operations can specify the domain as part of the URI.  Example:  
 http://tall.data.hdfgroup.org:7253/ 
 returns data about the domain "tall" hosted on data.hdfgroup.org.  
 The DNS server will determine the proper IP that maps to this domain.
 
 If the DNS Server is not setup, specify the desired domain in the Host line of the http
 header.
 
+Alternatively, the domain can be specified as a 'Host' query parameter.  Example:
+http://127.0.0.1:7253?host=tall.data.hdfgroup.org
+
 Requests
 ========
 

diff --git a/docs/Installation/DNSSetup.rst b/docs/Installation/DNSSetup.rst
diff --git a/docs/Installation/ServerSetup.rst b/docs/Installation/ServerSetup.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ You will also need the following Python packages:
 * h5py 2.5 or later
 * PyTables 3.1.1 or later
 * tornado 4.0.2 or later
-* twisted 14.0 or later (if setting up DNS)
 * requests 2.3 or later (for client tests)
 
 If you are not familiar with installing Python packages, the easiest route is to 

diff --git a/docs/Installation/index.rst b/docs/Installation/index.rst
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ Installation
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    ServerSetup
-   DNSSetup
diff --git a/docs/WhatsNew/index.rst b/docs/WhatsNew/index.rst
@@ -2,13 +2,23 @@
 What's New 
 ###################
 
+
+h5serv 1.1
+-----------
+Significant features:
+  * Support was added for http over SSL (https)
+  * Support was added for authentication and simple user management
+  * Acess Control List (ACL) - Enables access to HDF objects to be controled for specific users
+
+h5serv 1.0
+----------
 This is the first release of h5serv.  
 
 Significant features:
 
  * An implementation of the REST API as outlined in the RESTful HDF5 paper: 
    http://www.hdfgroup.org/pubs/papers/RESTful_HDF5.pdf 
- * A simple DNS Server that maps DNS domains to HDF5 collections (i.e. files)
+ * A simple DNS Server that maps DNS domains to HDF5 collections (see: https://github.com/HDFGroup/dynamic-dns)
  * Utilities to convert native HDF5 files to HDF5-JSON and HDF5-JSON to HDF5
  * UUID and timestamp extensions for HDF5 datasets, groups, and committed data types