RFC 10001: Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 Environments

This document provides guidelines and documents best current practice for operating authoritative DNS servers, recursive resolvers, and stub resolvers in a…

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Outgoing relationships (41 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 3901: DNS IPv6 Transport Operational Guidelines
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Normative reference — RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities
Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Normative reference — RFC 6724: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 6052: IPv6 Addressing of IPv4/IPv6 Translators
Normative reference — RFC 6891: Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))
Normative reference — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Normative reference — RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
Normative reference — RFC 7766: DNS Transport over TCP - Implementation Requirements
Normative reference — RFC 9471: DNS Glue Requirements in Referral Responses
Normative reference — RFC 9210: DNS Transport over TCP - Operational Requirements
Normative reference — RFC 9715: IP Fragmentation Avoidance in DNS over UDP
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4034: Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 6146: Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
Informative reference — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 7858: Specification for DNS over Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Informative reference — RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Informative reference — RFC 9499: DNS Terminology
Informative reference — RFC 6888: Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs (CGNs)
Informative reference — RFC 9250: DNS over Dedicated QUIC Connections
Informative reference — RFC 6877: 464XLAT: Combination of Stateful and Stateless Translation
Informative reference — RFC 7050: Discovery of the IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address Synthesis
Informative reference — RFC 8106: IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
Informative reference — RFC 3542: Advanced Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
Informative reference — RFC 6540: IPv6 Support Required for All IP-Capable Nodes
Informative reference — RFC 2182: Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers
Informative reference — RFC 7269: NAT64 Deployment Options and Experience
Informative reference — RFC 9915: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 8781: Discovering PREF64 in Router Advertisements
Informative reference — RFC 9313: Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4-as-a-Service (IPv4aaS)
Informative reference — RFC 9386: IPv6 Deployment Status
Informative reference — RFC 9872: Recommendations for Discovering IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address Synthesis