Ondřej Surý wrote:
...
But it’s funny that we should not remove a record while this was
already written in 1989:

       An application SHOULD NOT rely on the ability to locate a WKS
       record containing an accurate listing of all services at a
       particular host address, since the WKS RR type is not often used
       by Internet sites.  To confirm that a service is present, simply
       attempt to use it.


While the special processing was added to RFC 2136 (9 years later)
isreally beyond my understanding :(.

host requirements was not a DNS document. it removed nothing from the DNS. rather, it removed the burden on service responders to list their service in WKS, by telling service initiators not to look for it.

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P Vixie

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