To:
Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com>
Cc:
Erik Nordmark <Erik.Nordmark@eng.sun.com>, Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap@sidn.nl>, Kenneth Porter <shiva@well.com>, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Erik Nordmark <Erik.Nordmark@eng.sun.com>
Date:
Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:37:51 +0100 (CET)
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Erik Nordmark <Erik.Nordmark@eng.sun.com>
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Subject:
Re: SRV records - when?
> > This could be a separate, very short specification. > > In most cases, yes. > > > For instance, for http it would at a minimum say that _http._tcp. > > is the prefix (I think the IANA registration for port 80 has two names "http" > > and "web" and choosing one of them is important). > > Except that a _lot_ of things run over HTTP. For discovery of > a World Wide Web service, _www._tcp seems more appropriate. You've beautifully make the case why there needs to be a short specification stating which name should be used for the srv record. Thank you, Erik