RFC 2181: Clarifications to the DNS Specification

This document considers some areas that have been identified as problems with the specification of the Domain Name System, and proposes remedies for the…

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Outgoing relationships (3 related RFCs)

Updates — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Updates — RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities
Updates — RFC 1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support

Incoming relationships (54 related RFCs)

Showing 50 of 54 related RFCs.

Updated by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements
Updated by — RFC 4034: Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
Updated by — RFC 4035: Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions
Updated by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 2535: Domain Name System Security Extensions
Updated by — RFC 4343: Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification
Updated by — RFC 5452: Measures for Making DNS More Resilient against Forged Answers
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 8767: Serving Stale Data to Improve DNS Resiliency
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5155: DNS Security (DNSSEC) Hashed Authenticated Denial of Existence
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5598: Internet Mail Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9499: DNS Terminology
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4519: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Schema for User Applications
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6672: DNAME Redirection in the DNS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9460: Service Binding and Parameter Specification via the DNS (SVCB and HTTPS Resource Records)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4795: Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5936: DNS Zone Transfer Protocol (AXFR)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7719: DNS Terminology
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8765: DNS Push Notifications
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3467: Role of the Domain Name System (DNS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3696: Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8005: Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Domain Name System (DNS) Extension
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8659: DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4524: COSINE LDAP/X.500 Schema
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5677: IEEE 802.21 Mobility Services Framework Design (MSFD)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6844: DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9665: Service Registration Protocol for DNS-Based Service Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7678: Attribute-Value Pairs for Provisioning Customer Equipment Supporting IPv4-Over-IPv6 Transitional Solutions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9517: A URN Namespace for the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10023: The "_for-sale" Underscored and Globally Scoped DNS Node Name
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10029: DNS Multiple QTYPEs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10037: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Extension for DNS Time-to-Live (TTL) Values
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5890: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3490: Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6763: DNS-Based Service Discovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6762: Multicast DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2308: Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5894: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Background, Explanation, and Rationale
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2317: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2672: Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5301: Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for IS-IS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4956: DNS Security (DNSSEC) Opt-In
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6195: Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7672: SMTP Security via Opportunistic DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9156: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7816: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3568: Known Content Network (CN) Request-Routing Mechanisms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3658: Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5507: Design Choices When Expanding the DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5642: Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for OSPF
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3123: A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR)