-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/27/09 10:16 PM, Mark Achée wrote: > What I think that you are missing is that not only does the SRV record > define the port, but it defines the server hostname/ip. So IF you > wanted to, you could host your wave server on a totally different domain. > > _xmpp-server._tcp.wave.microcomaustralia.com.au > <http://tcp.wave.microcomaustralia.com.au/> SRV record 5 0 > 5269 chat.some-other-domain. <http://chat.microcomaustralia.com.au/>tld > > So now people can still send waves to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, but those waves are > actually sent to the chat.some-other-domain.tld server. > > In the above instance, you WOULDN'T need the > wave.microcomaustralia.com.au <http://wave.microcomaustralia.com.au> A > record, because it's never used as an actual domain name. the > chat.some-other-domain.tld A record would have to exist somewhere though.
That's all correct. In fact, this is how Google Apps and other XMPP hosting providers service lots of domains -- your point example.com to xmpp-server.l.google.com or whatever they need. Example: $ dig +short -t SRV _xmpp-server._tcp.gmail.com 5 0 5269 xmpp-server.l.google.com. 20 0 5269 xmpp-server1.l.google.com. 20 0 5269 xmpp-server2.l.google.com. 20 0 5269 xmpp-server3.l.google.com. 20 0 5269 xmpp-server4.l.google.com. Think of an SRV as just like an MX record, but for any kind of service (not just email), and with built-in weighting to enable basic load balancing etc. Peter - -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqXWyUACgkQNL8k5A2w/vxB1gCgvBecQ4TFajT7EJV6IdDvSZTr srIAoPXxMz0zNltYrl+uub8O/sO1K5bJ =uVG8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wave Protocol" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
