Re: Implement SRV DNS

Greg Hudson wrote:

>>OK, that's one then (and yes I was already aware of it). I also happen to
>>believe that M$loth's implementation of DNS records in this instance is an abuse
>>of the core protocol.
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> And why is this an abuse of "the core protocol?"

I meant the larger issue of how Active Directory attempts to turn DNS into
something like a general purpose database protocol. The number of queries
required to resolve AD records is quite obnoxious.

There have been several studies in the media that suggest that up to 20% of all
query hits to the root nameservers are bogus, of which a lot were misplaced AD
queries. Sure, those hits all came from misconfigured clients and networks, but
it was M$loth's great implementation that is ultimately at fault.

>>In addition, the Subversion client would be required to link to a resolver
>>library to make use of this feature. Right now, the client merely requests the
>>IP address associated with a name, then opens a connection to the requested port
>>on that address. Implementing SRV would require yet another platform
>>independent library to resolve the chain of SRV records.
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> SRV records don't form a chain.

Poor choice of words on my part. I meant that the Subversion client would need
to track all possible answers and try them in order (after suitable timeouts if
necessary). It is a much more complicated process than simply requesting an
address from a name and trying the connection.

John

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