RFC 4367: What's in a Name: False Assumptions about DNS Names

The Domain Name System (DNS) provides an essential service on the Internet, mapping structured names to a variety of data, usually IP addresses. These names…

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Outgoing relationships (16 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 3261: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
Informative reference — RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Informative reference — RFC 2818: HTTP Over TLS
Informative reference — RFC 2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Informative reference — RFC 2326: Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
Informative reference — RFC 2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3262: Reliability of Provisional Responses in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Informative reference — RFC 3403: Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The Domain Name System (DNS) Database
Informative reference — RFC 2533: A Syntax for Describing Media Feature Sets
Informative reference — RFC 2826: IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root
Informative reference — RFC 3310: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Digest Authentication Using Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA)
Informative reference — RFC 1876: A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System
Informative reference — RFC 2912: Indicating Media Features for MIME Content
Informative reference — RFC 2703: Protocol-independent Content Negotiation Framework
Informative reference — RFC 3675: .sex Considered Dangerous