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Re: [sip.edu] cookbook question: _sips._tcp or _sip._tls?


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  • From: Alan Crosswell <>
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  • Subject: Re: [sip.edu] cookbook question: _sips._tcp or _sip._tls?
  • Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:51:42 -0400

Thanks. I'll just put both ways in. Neither will get used for a while
anyway:-)
/a

Christian Schlatter wrote:
> Alan Crosswell wrote:
>> The cookbook shows
>>
>> _sips._tcp.bigu.edu. 43200 IN SRV 0 0 5060 sipserver1.bigu.edu.
>>
>> Other examples I've seen use:
>>
>> _sip._tls.bigu.edu. 43200 IN SRV 0 0 5060 sipserver1.bigu.edu.
>>
>> Should I be using both?
>
> RFC 3263 (Locating SIP Servers) says:
>
> [SRV] Queries are done using the service identifier "_sip" for SIP URIs
> and "_sips" for SIPS URIs.
>
> So following the standards would mean to use _sips._tcp.bigu.edu, though
> I don't know if all SIPS capable clients support that.
>
> Christian
>



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