Hi Nick, we have a project on our backlog to give DNS a facelift,  
this is something we'll be looking at as part of that.

Cheers,

adam

On Jun 3, 2008, at 6:43 AM, Nick Wilsdon wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I made a feature request for SRV records to be added to the MDNS  
> service
> some years ago. As people on this list probably know, they would allow
> people to map services to ports on the domain and carry out domain- 
> level
> load balancing. As you told me, I was in the minority in requesting  
> this
> feature.
>
> However things seem to have changed now, as Google is using SRV  
> records to
> allow Google App users to map their talk service. This allows non- 
> Google
> users to use the groups chatting/conferencing facilities.
>
> http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34143
>
> We have just had a request from one of our clients to add these  
> records and
> will have to inform him this functionality is not available with  
> the MDNS
> service. I'm sure this will end in him moving the DNS away to the many
> providers who have already introduced SRV.
>
> Considering Google's adoption of this record and the increasing  
> number of
> people turning to Google Apps, could we possibly get some movement  
> on this
> feature request?
>
> Best Regards
>
> Nick Wilsdon
>
> e3internet
> http://www.e3internet.com
>
> Skype: Nick_Wilsdon
> Tel: +7 4932 346314
> Blog: http://nickwilsdon.com
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