[vitaliyf]

There are some attempts at doing that, such as https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record and https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-svcb-https...

[gwright]

I wish SRV records were more widely adopted, but they are still just a (string -> integer) mapping process above the 16-bit integer values on the wire. Different layers.

[k0k0]

And? That's primarily what DNS is for: mapping strings to numbers.

[gwright]

I was just trying to clarify some muddled discussion about different layers of the networking stack. The original comment about port names instead of port numbers didn't seem to be made with an understanding of the different layers.