RFC 5507: Design Choices When Expanding the DNS

This note discusses how to extend the DNS with new data for a new application. DNS extension discussions too often focus on reuse of the TXT Resource Record…

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Outgoing relationships (20 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Normative reference — RFC 2535: Domain Name System Security Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 2671: Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)
Normative reference — RFC 3597: Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) Types
Normative reference — RFC 5395: Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
Normative reference — RFC 1464: Using the Domain Name System To Store Arbitrary String Attributes
Informative reference — RFC 4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 4034: Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 4035: Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
Informative reference — RFC 2181: Clarifications to the DNS Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3761: The E.164 to Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Application (ENUM)
Informative reference — RFC 4511: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4592: The Role of Wildcards in the Domain Name System
Informative reference — RFC 4871: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
Informative reference — RFC 2672: Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection
Informative reference — RFC 1535: A Security Problem and Proposed Correction With Widely Deployed DNS Software
Informative reference — RFC 3445: Limiting the Scope of the KEY Resource Record (RR)
Informative reference — RFC 3467: Role of the Domain Name System (DNS)
Informative reference — RFC 2163: Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping (MCGAM)

Incoming relationships (2 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 6686: Resolution of the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and Sender ID Experiments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7553: The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) DNS Resource Record