RFC 8117: Current Hostname Practice Considered Harmful

Giving a hostname to your computer and publishing it as you roam from one network to another is the Internet's equivalent of walking around with a name tag…

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Outgoing relationships (18 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Informative reference — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Informative reference — RFC 2132: DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 6763: DNS-Based Service Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 6762: Multicast DNS
Informative reference — RFC 3596: DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6
Informative reference — RFC 7844: Anonymity Profiles for DHCP Clients
Informative reference — RFC 1033: Domain Administrators Operations Guide
Informative reference — RFC 4795: Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
Informative reference — RFC 7719: DNS Terminology
Informative reference — RFC 7824: Privacy Considerations for DHCPv6
Informative reference — RFC 1983: Internet Users' Glossary
Informative reference — RFC 1002: Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications
Informative reference — RFC 7288: Reflections on Host Firewalls
Informative reference — RFC 7819: Privacy Considerations for DHCP
Informative reference — RFC 4620: IPv6 Node Information Queries

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 8882: DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) Privacy and Security Requirements