On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 02:08:41PM -0400, Jared Mauch wrote: > I've been thinking that there should be a new type of > record introduced to be application specific for HTTP, just as > MX only applies to smtp.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is basically what SRV records (rfc2782) are intended for. They're not widely impemented by client applications, however. > This would allow anyone to add their own wildcard entries for their > own redirect services (eg: aol and microsoft could run their own on their > own nameservers) without impacting the alternate applications. I think you'd still have the issue of an NXDOMAIN not being returned; i.e., if there's a wildcard, you won't get an NXDOMAIN response if there's no A but there is some other record. -- "Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..." (Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock")
