Patrik Fältström wrote:
I would like to add to this that XMPP uses SRV records to verify the domain name/server IP relationship. See http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-xmpp-core-22.txt, section 14.3.I see several issues here:I proposed to introduce a new RR with the first version of the RMX draft in December 2002. Since then I'm drowning in mails like "How can you dare...", "We don't want...", "Too many old DNS servers, which can't be replaced..."
Three problems here:
(1) The zone file syntax might not be able to handle a new RR _name_ because of parser issues
(2) The zone file syntax might not be able to handle a numeric RR type
(3) A caching resolver might not be able to cache an unknown RR
Out of these (3) is broken software. (2) is problematic and (1) is something users have to manage.