RFC 3467: Role of the Domain Name System (DNS)

This document reviews the original function and purpose of the domain name system (DNS). It contrasts that history with some of the purposes for which the DNS…

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Outgoing relationships (39 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Normative reference — RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities
Normative reference — RFC 2181: Clarifications to the DNS Specification
Normative reference — RFC 2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 3454: Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep")
Normative reference — RFC 1519: Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR): an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy
Normative reference — RFC 952: DoD Internet host table specification
Normative reference — RFC 2671: Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)
Normative reference — RFC 2608: Service Location Protocol, Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 3403: Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The Domain Name System (DNS) Database
Normative reference — RFC 3401: Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS
Normative reference — RFC 734: SUPDUP Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 954: NICNAME/WHOIS
Normative reference — RFC 1591: Domain Name System Structure and Delegation
Normative reference — RFC 742: NAME/FINGER Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 3238: IAB Architectural and Policy Considerations for Open Pluggable Edge Services
Normative reference — RFC 882: Domain names: Concepts and facilities
Normative reference — RFC 883: Domain names: Implementation specification
Normative reference — RFC 2317: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
Normative reference — RFC 3402: Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Two: The Algorithm
Normative reference — RFC 2295: Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP
Normative reference — RFC 2826: IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root
Normative reference — RFC 953: Hostname Server
Normative reference — RFC 3439: Some Internet Architectural Guidelines and Philosophy
Normative reference — RFC 819: The Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications
Normative reference — RFC 3305: Report from the Joint W3C/IETF URI Planning Interest Group: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), URLs, and Uniform Resource Names (URNs): Clarifications and Recommendations
Normative reference — RFC 2915: The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record
Normative reference — RFC 3425: Obsoleting IQUERY
Normative reference — RFC 1288: The Finger User Information Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 2167: Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5
Normative reference — RFC 811: Hostnames Server
Normative reference — RFC 1834: Whois and Network Information Lookup Service, Whois++
Normative reference — RFC 1913: Architecture of the Whois++ Index Service
Normative reference — RFC 2825: A Tangled Web: Issues of I18N, Domain Names, and the Other Internet protocols
Normative reference — RFC 2957: The application/whoispp-query Content-Type
Normative reference — RFC 625: On-line hostnames service
Normative reference — RFC 830: Distributed system for Internet name service
Normative reference — RFC 2958: The application/whoispp-response Content-type
Normative reference — RFC 2972: Context and Goals for Common Name Resolution

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 4690: Review and Recommendations for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5507: Design Choices When Expanding the DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3869: IAB Concerns and Recommendations Regarding Internet Research and Evolution