Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxx> > > >> Noel Chiappa wrote: > > >>> From: Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxx> ... > >> It would be easy to run a tiny little U[D]P "binding" server that > >> took in an application name (yes, we'd have to register those, but > >> string-space is infinite), and returned the port. > > > Only if it asked a well-known server ON THAT MACHINE. > > Yes, but why is that a problem? Again, in architectural terms, you are > limiting the scope over which the information (about which appplication is > on which port) has to be spread, to the machine it applies to - always good > when you get that kind of congruence. It isn't a problem, but it isn't DNS if you do it that way - that was my only observation. Joe _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf