RFC 6763

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RFC 6763 is the Internet standard that defines DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD), a mechanism for discovering network services using DNS queries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard
Request for Comments
abbreviation DNS-SD NERFINISHED
appliesTo local area networks
wide area networks
area Internet Area
category Standards Track
defines DNS-Based Service Discovery NERFINISHED
TXT record key/value attribute conventions
conventions for service instance naming in DNS
rules for human-readable service instance names
rules for internationalization of service instance names
service discovery browsing via PTR queries on service type names
service discovery in local multicast DNS environments
service instance enumeration and selection rules
service instance enumeration via DNS queries
service instance names of the form <Instance>.<Service>.<Domain>
service subtype mechanism
service type names of the form _service._proto
use of SRV records for service discovery
use of TXT records for service metadata
enables zero-configuration service discovery
focusesOn service discovery rather than hostname resolution
language English
obsoletes RFC 2782 (for service discovery usage only)
publishedBy Internet Engineering Task Force
surface form: IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force
relatedTo RFC 6762
RFCNumber 6763
specifies backward compatibility with existing DNS infrastructure
multicast DNS-based service discovery usage
unicast DNS-based service discovery
standardizes mechanism for discovering network services using DNS queries
status Internet Standard
stream Internet Engineering Task Force
surface form: IETF
title DNS-Based Service Discovery NERFINISHED
usedBy Apple Bonjour NERFINISHED
Avahi NERFINISHED
various networked devices and applications for service discovery
uses A resource records
AAAA resource records
DNS NERFINISHED
PTR resource records
SRV resource records
TXT resource records
workingGroup DNSEXT NERFINISHED

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