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Re: UPNP was:RE: myth of the great transition (was US Defense Department forma lly adopts IPv6)

2003-06-25 13:12:27
] >That's were the coolness is; no stinkin' port number.
] >  
] >
] You could publish URLs without port numbers if you could count on the 
] cliens recognizing SRV records.

but you can't, because this would break interoperability with the vast
majority of existing protocols; it also would not work with protocols that
don't use fixed port numbers. 

use of SRV records for apps that aren't specified to use them is a
violation of both those apps' protocols and the SRV specification.

Keith

p.s. yes, I know there are people who think it's okay to break the entire
installed base of Internet protocols in order to accomodate their pet kludge.