RFC 6763: DNS-Based Service Discovery

This document specifies how DNS resource records are named and structured to facilitate service discovery. Given a type of service that a client is looking…

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Outgoing relationships (28 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities
Normative reference — RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Normative reference — RFC 5890: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
Normative reference — RFC 20: ASCII format for network interchange
Normative reference — RFC 6335: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry
Normative reference — RFC 3492: Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Normative reference — RFC 5198: Unicode Format for Network Interchange
Normative reference — RFC 3927: Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 4648: The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings
Informative reference — RFC 4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2132: DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 2136: Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
Informative reference — RFC 2181: Clarifications to the DNS Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6762: Multicast DNS
Informative reference — RFC 3007: Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic Update
Informative reference — RFC 6709: Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 6106: IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
Informative reference — RFC 4795: Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
Informative reference — RFC 1179: Line printer daemon protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2910: Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and Transport
Informative reference — RFC 6281: Understanding Apple's Back to My Mac (BTMM) Service
Informative reference — RFC 3397: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Domain Search Option
Informative reference — RFC 6760: Requirements for a Protocol to Replace the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (NBP)

Incoming relationships (34 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 8553: DNS Attrleaf Changes: Fixing Specifications That Use Underscored Node Names
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7788: Home Networking Control Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8995: Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key Infrastructure (BRSKI)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9176: Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Resource Directory
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7558: Requirements for Scalable DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) / Multicast DNS (mDNS) Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7808: Time Zone Data Distribution Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6764: Locating Services for Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV) and vCard Extensions to WebDAV (CardDAV)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8766: Discovery Proxy for Multicast DNS-Based Service Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8882: DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) Privacy and Security Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8973: DDoS Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) Agent Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9665: Service Registration Protocol for DNS-Based Service Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9606: DNS Resolver Information
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6762: Multicast DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6887: Port Control Protocol (PCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7707: Network Reconnaissance in IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6760: Requirements for a Protocol to Replace the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (NBP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8811: DDoS Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8765: DNS Push Notifications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8994: An Autonomic Control Plane (ACP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9019: A Firmware Update Architecture for Internet of Things
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6886: NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7605: Recommendations on Using Assigned Transport Port Numbers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8990: GeneRic Autonomic Signaling Protocol (GRASP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8815: Deprecating Any-Source Multicast (ASM) for Interdomain Multicast
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9119: Multicast Considerations over IEEE 802 Wireless Media
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9623: Implementing Interfaces to Transport Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7123: Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7393: Using the Port Control Protocol (PCP) to Update Dynamic DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8117: Current Hostname Practice Considered Harmful
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8764: Apple's DNS Long-Lived Queries Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9664: An EDNS(0) Option to Negotiate Leases on DNS Updates
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 10029: DNS Multiple QTYPEs