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

Stuart Cheshire <cheshire@apple.com> Sat, 04 September 2010 07:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [port-srv-reg] we need to make progress
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On 3 Sep 2010, at 1:15, Lars Eggert wrote:

> Specifically for the issue you mention above, are we going to handle "www" and its aliases? If a web server doesn't register all aliases, it cannot be found by clients that e.g. look up "http".

In that case, the ship has already sailed.

Network printers with embedded web servers advertise "_http._tcp"

Safari and other web browsers look for "_http._tcp"

The primary service name is "_http._tcp", and "www" is merely an alias.

Stuart Cheshire <cheshire@apple.com>
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