Joe Touch wrote on Monday 20 March 2006: > > Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: > >> From: Joe Touch [mailto:touch@xxxxxxx] > > > >> And with what port would I reach this magical DNS that would > >> provide the SRV record for the DNS itself? > > > > You use fixed ports for the bootstrap process and only for > the bootstrap > > process. > > Which means that the DNS port needs to be well-known or fixed > in advance. > > Some other issues to be considered: > > - this change would make the DNS required for proper Internet > operation, whereas it is currently optional (i.e., only for > finding the IP address).] > Zeroconf (which is widely deployed for ad-hoc networking and SOHO networks) depends entirely on the premise that there is NO available/configured DNS service. Cheers, - Ira Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect) Blue Roof Music / High North Inc PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839 phone: +1-906-494-2434 email: imcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.5/284 - Release Date: 3/17/2006 _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf