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   XPost: comp.protocols.misc, comp.sources.d   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
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    David Schwartz  wrote:   
      
   > On Apr 1, 6:22 am, Generic Usenet Account    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > > I would appreciate if someone can tell me what is the best way for   
   > > runtime discovery of a local server that is running a specific   
   > > service.  The service is running on an IANA registered port.  I   
   > > believe that there is some DNS and DHCP magic that can be performed to   
   > > return the address of such a server.   
   >   
   > The server has to do something that the client can detect. What that   
   > something is -- it can be anything. Without knowing your requirements,   
   > it's really hard to give you a useful answer. On what basis is the   
   > client supposed to choose a server? Is there one server for the   
   > planet? Are the server and client always on the same LAN? Or what?   
      
   He mentioned "DNS magic", so I suspect what he's looking for are SRV   
   records.  That's what Microsoft uses to advertise the location of   
   services on the local network.   
      
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   Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu   
   Arlington, MA   
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