Comment 117 for bug 308181
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Hraban, the reason this bug is unresolved is that there is no standard for HTTP in SRV. someone needs to write an RFC and get it approved. Mark Andrews wrote a draft, but it never reached RFC status.
the SRV spec says that a standard must explicitly support SRV, you can't just apply it to a random protocol. it also says that the name from IANA assigned numbers should be used, but the registration for port 80 specifies several names: "http", "www" and "www-http". in other words, it's not clear if you should query for _http._tcp or _www._tcp -- this is why a formal specification is needed.
IETF is open for anyone to submit a draft. it just takes some time and interest for writing formal documents and engaging in IETF discussions.