Re: [port-srv-reg] we need to make progress

[Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>]

> We only know that nobody registered "www" in your database; we  
> cannot know whether there are no apps that browse for this string.

After about eight years of the whole world using "_http._tcp" you're  
claiming that some hermit somewhere is developing software that uses  
"_www._tcp" instead?

That's about as likely as some hermit somewhere whose TCP stack uses  
IP protocol number 191 to mean "TCP".

Good luck convincing printer companies to update their firmware to  
advertise a different service type to accommodate a non-existent web  
browser that's looking for the wrong service type. If such a web  
browser existed they'd have heard customer complaints for the last  
eight years (but of course they haven't, because this mythical web  
browser doesn't exist).

> IMO, there is no such thing as primary. It's ALL and ANY - register  
> ALL, lookup ANY. That's the only way we know things will work.

That's a terrible idea for efficiency on the network, and battery  
life, and I can't see any vendor deciding to do something so pointless.

Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
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