ISP's that block port 80

[Barry Margolin]

In article <dju8b5$1kt$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "Jeff" <jeep at rahul.net> wrote:

> My point is, I realize bind is targetted for IP's, not ports,
> however, it sure would be a nice addition to the RFC specs and
> bind itself to add port numbers (somehow) as part of this service
> and bypass companies raking in bucks just to have a small webserver
> at your house.

You seem to be confusing bind with the DNS protocol.

Anyway, the DNS spec already has a provision for this, called SRV 
(service) records.  They allow you to specify an ordered list of hosts 
and port numbers used for a particular service for a domain -- it's a 
generalization of the way MX records are used for the SMTP service.

But until browsers start using them, no one bothers to create them for 
their WWW services.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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