http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2009/09/dns-srv-records-support-in-http-browsers/ Programming for Mac and Web Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2009/09/dns-srv-records-support-in-http-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-82059 brain Steven Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:10:00 +0000 http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/?p=141#comment-82059 But it is not committed and waits for approval. I doubt, that is the longest-living bug in mozilla, but, still, 10 years is a great age for a bug. Letu2019s party!u00a0n_______________nStevenn<a href="//dnslookup.org.uku201d" rel="nofollow">u00a0DNS Look up</a>n But it is not committed and waits for approval. I doubt, that is the longest-living bug in mozilla, but, still, 10 years is a great age for a bug. Letu2019s party!u00a0n_______________nStevennu00a0DNS Look upn

]]> http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2009/09/dns-srv-records-support-in-http-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-81164 Daniel Feenberg Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:15:00 +0000 http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/?p=141#comment-81164 It is a weak substitute, but in my experience recent browsers will handle multiple A records for the same domain name sensibly. That is, if you have 2 A records for the same name, the browser will pick one, and if it times out, switch to the other. Since the DNS hands out the addresses in random order, this provides crude load balancing and failover. Not nearly as good as supporting SRV, but something nonetheless.nnDaniel Feenberg It is a weak substitute, but in my experience recent browsers will handle multiple A records for the same domain name sensibly. That is, if you have 2 A records for the same name, the browser will pick one, and if it times out, switch to the other. Since the DNS hands out the addresses in random order, this provides crude load balancing and failover. Not nearly as good as supporting SRV, but something nonetheless.nnDaniel Feenberg

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