RFC 6672: DNAME Redirection in the DNS

The DNAME record provides redirection for a subtree of the domain name tree in the DNS. That is, all names that end with a particular suffix are redirected to…

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Outgoing relationships (18 related RFCs)

Updates, Informative reference — RFC 3363: Representing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS)
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2672: Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Normative reference — RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities
Normative reference — RFC 4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements
Normative reference — RFC 2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Normative reference — RFC 4034: Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 4035: Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 2136: Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
Normative reference — RFC 2181: Clarifications to the DNS Specification
Normative reference — RFC 5155: DNS Security (DNSSEC) Hashed Authenticated Denial of Existence
Normative reference — RFC 3597: Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) Types
Normative reference — RFC 4592: The Role of Wildcards in the Domain Name System
Normative reference — RFC 2317: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
Informative reference — RFC 3492: Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Informative reference — RFC 6434: IPv6 Node Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 1912: Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors

Incoming relationships (15 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7719: DNS Terminology
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7129: Authenticated Denial of Existence in the DNS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7672: SMTP Security via Opportunistic DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7535: AS112 Redirection Using DNAME
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9499: DNS Terminology
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9460: Service Binding and Parameter Specification via the DNS (SVCB and HTTPS Resource Records)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9156: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6927: Variants in Second-Level Names Registered in Top-Level Domains
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8162: Using Secure DNS to Associate Certificates with Domain Names for S/MIME
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8767: Serving Stale Data to Improve DNS Resiliency
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7534: AS112 Nameserver Operations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9527: DHCPv6 Options for the Homenet Naming Authority
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8222: Selecting Labels for Use with Conventional DNS and Other Resolution Systems in DNS-Based Service Discovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9022: Domain Name Registration Data (DNRD) Objects Mapping
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10023: The "_for-sale" Underscored and Globally Scoped DNS Node Name