2181: Clarifications to the DNS Specification.

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This document considers some areas that have been identified as problems with the specification of the Domain Name System, and proposes remedies for the defects identified. Eight separate issues are considered:

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Format TXT=36989 bytes
Authors R. Bush
Date July 1997
Keyphrases DNS RRSet records zone

Updated by

RFC2535: Domain Name System Security Extensions.
Updated by
RFC4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements.
RFC4034: Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions.
Updated by
- RFC4470: Minimally Covering NSEC Records and DNSSEC On-line Signing.
RFC4035: Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions.
Updated by
- RFC4470: Minimally Covering NSEC Records and DNSSEC On-line Signing.
RFC4343: Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification.

Updates

RFC1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities.
RFC1035: Domain names - implementation and specification.
RFC1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support.
Updates
- RFC0822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT

References

RFC1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities.
RFC1035: Domain names - implementation and specification.
RFC1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support.
RFC1700: Assigned Numbers.
RFC2065: Domain Name System Security Extensions.

Referenced by

RFC2182: Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers.
RFC2308: Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE).
RFC2317: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation.
RFC2535: Domain Name System Security Extensions.
RFC2672: Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection.
RFC2694: DNS extensions to Network Address Translators (DNS_ALG).
RFC2763: Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for IS-IS.
RFC2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV).
RFC2870: Root Name Server Operational Requirements.
RFC2874: DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering.
RFC2929: Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations.
RFC3123: A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR).
RFC3130: Notes from the State-Of-The-Technology:
RFC3467: Role of the Domain Name System (DNS).
RFC3490: Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA).
RFC3568: Known Content Network (CN) Request-Routing Mechanisms.
RFC3658: Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR).
RFC3696: Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names.
RFC3790: Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Internet Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents.
RFC3833: Threat Analysis of the Domain Name System (DNS).
RFC4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements.
RFC4034: Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions.
RFC4035: Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions.
RFC4343: Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification.
RFC4471: Derivation of DNS Name Predecessor and Successor.
RFC4472: Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6
RFC4519: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Schema for User Applications.
RFC4524: COSINE LDAP/X.500 Schema.
RFC4697: Observed DNS Resolution Misbehavior.