Re: transparent addrsel policy adjustment for outbound TE

[marcelo bagnulo braun <marcelo@it.uc3m.es>]

El 09/05/2006, a las 1:42, Erik Nordmark escribió:

> marcelo bagnulo braun wrote:
>
> > unless remote resolvers explicitly query for the SRV records, and 
> > they use that information to order the list of addresses returned to 
> > the app, in which case this works and does not require upgrading the 
> > app to query for SRV records. In this case, there is no kludgery 
> > AFAICT and it seems to work fine and be easier to deploy. imho this 
> > may be useful if we go to the path of using the DNS to express 
> > preferences about locators for incoming communications
>
> *If* we go with SRV records at names like _shim6._ip.FQDN, then the 
> applications don't have to be modified; the getaddrinfo() 
> implementation (often implemented in a  resolver library) can handle 
> this transparent to the application.

agree
this is what i understand Pekka was arguing for...

regards, marcelo

>    Erik