@misc{rfc3263, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 3263, howpublished = {RFC 3263}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC3263}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3263}, author = {Henning Schulzrinne and Jonathan Rosenberg}, title = {{Session Initiation Protocol (SIP): Locating SIP Servers}}, pagetotal = 17, year = 2002, month = jul, abstract = {The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) uses DNS procedures to allow a client to resolve a SIP Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) into the IP address, port, and transport protocol of the next hop to contact. It also uses DNS to allow a server to send a response to a backup client if the primary client has failed. This document describes those DNS procedures in detail. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }