Can a SRV record be used in place of a reverse proxy?

Question

I'm trying to understand the use case of a SRV record in DNS.

This article enter link description here states that "The DNS "service" (SRV) record specifies a host and port for specific services". Does this mean that a SRV record can be used to direct HTTP traffic to a specific port without a reverse proxy?

For instance, if I had example.com:80 and www.example.com:8080 can I create a SRV record that points www to [IP]:8080?

Answer 1

Does this mean that a SRV record can be used to direct HTTP traffic to a specific port without a reverse proxy?

In theory, yes, in practice, no as web browsers do not consult SRV records. You can create them, but they will have no effect.

Things will change with the new DNS HTTPS records, as those are already started to be used by browsers.