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DNS is the mechanism for determining the IP address, port and transport protocol of the host to which a SIP request is sent. | DNS is the mechanism for determining the IP address, port and transport protocol of the host to which a SIP request is sent. | ||
- | DNS provides two different record types that controls SIP requests: SRV and NAPTR. The SRV record allows DNS administrators to use several servers for a single domain. The NAPTR record is a way for the called domain to specify which protocol it prefers a SIP request to use. | + | DNS provides two different record types that controls SIP requests: SRV and NAPTR. The SRV record allows DNS administrators to use several servers for a single domain. The NAPTR record is a way for the called domain to specify which protocol it prefers a SIP request to use.\\ |
+ | The usage of NAPTR and SRV for SIP is specified in [[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3263.txt|RFC3263]]. | ||
===== Setting up SRV Records ===== | ===== Setting up SRV Records ===== |