Subject: Re: DNS-SD in getaddrinfo()
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/02/2004 21:25:16
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On Jun 2, 2004, at 6:40 PM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> But it's the wrong thing to do.  Using SRV records is
> application-specific, not client machine specific; we need a way for an
> application to signal that it wants to use SRV.

Correct.  It is absolutely inappropriate to specify srv in 
nsswitch.conf.  The notion of doing so doesn't even really make much 
sense (nevermind the fact that srv is just another use of dns).

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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