On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Joe Touch wrote:

> On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Keith Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
>>> SRV indicates the port number (useful if not the default) and weight, etc.
>> 
>> right.  but given that you can include the same things in a TXT record, if 
>> you have to query for TXT RRs anyway, what's the value added by doing an 
>> additional query for SRV RRs?
> ...
>> I'd be very happy to see SRV records deprecated, or at least discouraged, 
>> for new protocols.
> ...
>> But I don't think the Internet is desperate enough to want to fix DNS yet.
> 
> I conclude from this sequence that you would prefer to reinvent the DNS 
> inside TXT records (which is possible, but fruitless), and that others do 
> this on your behalf.
> 
> This is outside the focus of this thread.

Again, Joe, you're really bad at trying to discern my motives.  I suggest you 
reread what I've written and take it at face value.

Keith

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