[JDEV] Service name in SRV records

Ben Schumacher ben at blahr.com
Thu Oct 3 14:22:02 CDT 2002


Ralph Siemsen wrote:
>> I just dont see the point, why not just leave that as it is and wait 
>> for the
>> XMPP workgroup to sort out proper entries, e.g.
>>
>> _xmpp-server._tcp
>> _xmpp-client._tcp
> 
> Ah, didn't see these anywhere.  Is it in any of the working drafts?

Nope. Keep in mind that the IETF WG (should one be formed) may decide 
that it makes more sense to merge both client and server-to-server 
communication over one port. People are getting far ahead of themselves 
in stating such things.

> Well what I really wanted to get consensus on is the right name to use 
> for clients.  I guess we're all in agreement on _jabber-client._tcp 
> prefix for the time being?

I would say yes, however, I find it unlikely that any installations 
currently have any DNS entries for this.

bs.




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