RFC 2782 - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)

Publication Date: February 2000
Status: Standards Track
Obsoletes: RFC 2052
Authors:

• A. Gulbrandsen (Troll Technologies)
• P. Vixie (Internet Software Consortium)
• L. Esibov (Microsoft Corp.)

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Abstract

This document describes a DNS RR which specifies the location of the server(s) for a specific protocol and domain.

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Contents

• 1. Introduction and Overview
  • Overview and Rationale
  • Definitions
  • Applicability Statement
  • Introductory Example
• 2. The Format of the SRV RR
  • Service, Proto, Name, TTL, Class Fields
  • Priority Field
  • Weight Field (Load Balancing Algorithm)
  • Port and Target Fields
• 3. Domain Administrator Advice
• 4. The "Weight" Field
• 5. The Port Number
• 6. Usage Rules
• 7. Fictional Example
• 8. IANA Considerations
• 9. Changes from RFC 2052
• 10. Security Considerations
• 11. References
• 12. Acknowledgements
• 13. Authors' Addresses

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Related Resources

• Official Text: <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2782.txt>
• Official Page: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2782>
• Errata: <https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2782>

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