SRV record - Definition

An SRV record or Service record is a category of data in the Internet Domain Name System specifying information on available services (e.g. NICNAME, LDAP, or - as supported by a only minority of MTAs as of 2004 - SMTP).

SRV record support is required of the DNS servers in Microsoft Active Directory-based networks, as SRV records are used to locate the LDAP and Kerberos services.

External links

• Men & Mice's DNS Glossary - SRV Record (http://www.menandmice.com/online_docs_and_faq/glossary/glossarytoc.htm?srv.record.htm)
• Rick van Rein's articles on SRV resource records (http://dns.vanrein.org./srv/)