RE: Using DNS for SSM

[Sunny Schoch <sunny@juniper.net>]

> I don't see the rationale for making the source the primary 
> key and the
> channels the secondary keys.  I think apps will more likely know the
> channel (DNS name) and want a listing of servers.
This method does not prevent multicast providers from configuring multiple A
records if they have multiple servers for one channel.  Users only need to
know the channel name and DNS server will resolve to one of the A records.
 
> Have you considered using some variation of SRV records so 
> that you can
> specify port numbers per server?  Depending on how you do it, 
> this would
> eliminate the need for a magic ".mcast." in the hostname.
No, we haven't considered that.  We'll look into it more.

Thanks!
Sunny

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