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Re: [Http-srv] Alternative to SRV?

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Thu, 23 August 2018 13:15 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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Subject: Re: [Http-srv] Alternative to SRV?
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Ray Bellis <ray@bellis.me.uk> wrote:
> On 21/08/2018 20:40, Tony Finch wrote:
>
> > What will the backwards compatibility story be?
>
> A / AAAA lookup, in parallel.

Sorry, I meant on the publisher side.

> > In the early days, what advantages will there be for DNS operators that
> > will make them want to use this record?
>
> The primary one is the ability to put them at the zone apex (or indeed
> alongside any other record that would currently be precluded by CNAME rules).

So the plan is that I'll have to get the target names as well as the
target addresses, instead of just the target name (aname / cname) or just
the target addresses. This is not very enticing.

Tony.
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