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If you're opening a connection to TCP/80 it's a safe assumption that you want the web server. That said, I think it's a shame SRV hasn't been more widely adopt

If you're opening a connection to TCP/80 it's a safe assumption that you want the web server. That said, I think it's a shame SRV hasn't been more widely adopted.

cesarb 4y ago
> If you're opening a connection to TCP/80 it's a safe assumption that you want the web server. Yes, and if you're opening a connection to TCP/21, it's a safe assumption that you want the FTP server. But what if these two are different machines, possibly even in separate and distant networks?
- cperciva 4y ago
  There's nothing stopping your routers from looking at the TCP port number to decide which network/host to route packets to. ;-)
  - xxpor 4y ago
    What if we called these routers with L4 decision making "load balancers"? ;)