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What is the TXT record used for?

April 26, 2017record TXT Used

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What is the TXT record used for?

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The specific nature of the TXT record and how it is to be used is service type dependent. Each service type will define zero or more name/value pairs used to store meta-data about each service. These name/value pairs should be formatted as described in Section 6 of DNS-Based Service Discovery. Please see QA1306 for information on how TXT records should be formatted when using the Mac OS X APIs. Also, the DNS-SD Web Site has information regarding the currently defined name/value pairs for common service types.