The good thing about DNS is that, apart from CNAME, it's one-to-many. So in theory, assuming hypothetical DNS support on Source, you could set up 20 SRV records for the same subdomain, and if the user adds that to their favourites they then get a grouped list of all your servers.
On 17/08/2012, at 3:08 PM, Kameron Gasso <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/16/12 4:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> As far as I know, Source doesn't use DNS at all, it's completely >> IPv4-address-based. Lookups are done at connect time or adding-to-favourites >> time, completely by the client. There's no official or unofficial way to do >> HTTP-style vhosting as far as I am aware. > > I dug into this in-depth a while ago and came to the same determination: > the existing DNS support is pretty much useless beyond the initial connect. > > Favoriting or connecting a host by name is nice, but it's a one-time > thing. IMHO, the client really should support saving by name so > resolution occurs later too, but instead saves by IP. Hosting > providers, ISPs, and network infrastructures can change often, why not > take advantage of DNS when it's already supports making these changes > transparent to end users? > > Changing a server's "hostname" field to redirect users after an IP > renumbering just feels like a crummy hack to me. > > Sorry to go so far off-topic here, but this has been a pet peeve of mine > with Source's network support for a while. And as for the OP, even > proper DNS support won't help you here. If it ever comes along, maybe > Valve can add SRV record support as others have mentioned and make us > both very happy. :) > > Cheers, > -- > Kameron Gasso | [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
