SRV and http(s) (was Re: [hybi] Last Call: <draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-10.txt> (The WebSocket protocol) to Proposed Standard)

[Masataka Ohta <[e-mail]>]

Mark Andrews wrote:

> Transitioning HTTP to use SRV is trivial even with proxies.
> 
> Transitioning HTTPS to use SRV is complicated because of proxies.
> There needs to be changes to how clients talk to proxies for HTTPS
> + SRV to work through proxies.

What's wrong with:

   https://www.example.com
   _https._tcp.www.example.com SRV 0 1 100 server.example.org

   CONNECT server.example.org:100 HTTP/1.1
   Host: www.example.com

?

> HTTP and HTTPS's use of the DNS is a abomination.  CNAME is totally
> misused.  If you want to host a service on another machine you use
> a record that indicates that.  You don't use a alias because aliases
> mean so much more.

What's wrong with:

   https://www.example.com
   _https._tcp.www.example.com SRV 0 1 100 server.example.org
   server.example.org CNAME cname.example.org

   CONNECT server.example.org:100 HTTP/1.1
   Host: www.example.com

?

						Masataka Ohta