kpneal@pobox.com writes:

> I'm not quite sure what the advantage of SRV records over Hesiod's
> sloc records is, or why sloc couldn't have been extended to include
> those advantages. 

Hesiod's sloc doesn't really convey much information; it just gives
you a list of servers. The SRV record also has the weight and port
information. I don't think there would have been any particular
benefit to gluing those into the free-text form of Hesiod responses as
opposed to creating SRV.

        - Nathan