Sun Java System Instant Messaging 7 2006Q1 Release Notes

XMPP Host Resolution Using DNS SRV Records

DNS resolution of Instant Messaging hosts is now supported by the API and the server. In previous releases, a Instant Messaging server used a logical domain unique to Instant Messaging instead of the DNS domain to identify itself and its users to other Instant Messaging servers. In this release, Instant Messaging server now use the fully-qualified domain name to identify itself on the network.