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... NAPTR process for a particular application service can be thought of
as a "tree". Each NAPTR RR that is retrieved points to more NAPTR ...
... Even though a particular client can "prune" the tree to use only
those records referring to application protocols supported by the
client ...
... those records referring to application protocols supported by the
client, the tree could be quite deep, and retracing the tree to retry
other targets ...
... application protocols supported by the
client, the tree could be quite deep, and retracing the tree to retry
other targets can become expensive if the tree ...
... target, the
application will be expected to continue through the S-NAPTR tree to
try the (less preferred) alternatives.
...
... sheds all context of where in the S-NAPTR tree it finished.
Therefore, client software writers could
...