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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:

5.4.5 DNS TXT service: Entries

-> URL as specified by the DNS TXT service: record


I missed this method.  Is the following, the correct TXT entry?

IN TXT "service: wpad:http://...";

I think so. Never used it myself.

The full text reads:

5.4.5 DNS TXT service: Entries

   Client implementations SHOULD support this mechanism.  If the
   implementation language/environment provides the ability to perform
   DNS lookups on QTYPEs other than A, the vendor is strongly
   encouraged to provide this support. It is acknowledged that not all
   resolver APIs provide this functionality.

   The client should attempt to retrieve TXT RRs from the DNS to obtain
   "service: URLs" contained therein. The "service: URL" will be of the
   following format, specifying a complete candidate CURL for each
   record located:

       service: wpad:http://<HOST>:<PORT><PATH>

   The client should first issue the following DNS query:
   QNAME=wpad.TGTDOM., QCLASS=IN, QTYPE=TXT

   It should process each TXT RR it receives (if any) using each
   service:URL found (if any) to generate a candidate CURL. These CURLs
   should be pursued as described in Section 5.5 and beyond.  Readers
   familiar with [1] should note that WPAD clients MUST NOT perform the
   QNAME=TGTDOM., QCLASS=IN, QTYPE=TXT lookup which would be suggested
   by that document.


Regards Henrik

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