Add mention of SRV records as an advanced topic

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@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ therefore cannot gain access to the necessary certificate. With .well-known,
federation servers will check for a valid TLS certificate for the delegated
hostname (in our example: `synapse.example.com`).
## SRV DNS record delegation
It is also possible to do delegation using a SRV DNS record. However, that is
considered an advanced topic since it's a bit complex to set up, and `.well-known`
delegation is already enough in most cases.
However, if you really need it, you can find some documentation on how such a
record should look like and how Synapse will use it in [the Matrix
specification](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/latest#resolving-server-names).
## Delegation FAQ
### When do I need delegation?