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patrec
on Oct 31, 2022
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We need a replacement for TCP in the datacenter [p...
> De-facto standard discovery mechanism DNS does not work with ports
Yes, it does, see SRV records.
friendzis
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I meant DNS A/AAAA queries with preconfigured/well-known ports being the default. While
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applications/protocols/services do use some port discovery mechanism, I would argue it is nowhere close to being de-facto standard.
bewo001
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So true, but how many developers know about them? The API situation does not help either.
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Yes, it does, see SRV records.