Re: Checksum at IP layer - is it even needed ?

[Masataka Ohta <[e-mail]>]

Patrik Fältström wrote:

>> URI RR can not be used by applications without URL specifications,
>> whereas SRV can be used by any applications using hostnames (and
>> having IANA registered (or, well known?) service name).
>
> If you as an application query for a specific service, you should be prepared
 > to receive all URI schemes that can be used for that service.

What if there is no URL scheme that can be used for that service?

As Jared Mauch wrote:

 >> And it can be automated if browsers support SRV, a DNS RR type to
 >> specify non-default port numbers.
 >
 > 	I'm not talking about a browser.

don't assume all the applications are living in HTTP world and have
URLs to describe the applications.

> I.e. if you query for _http._tcp.example.com. it would be confusing
 > and weird if you get a SIP-URI scheme back.

Suppose that there is no http scheme defined, in which case, no
URL could be returned from the beginning.

For example, what URL could be placed at "_domain._tcp.example.com"?

						Masataka Ohta