RFC 8499: DNS Terminology

The Domain Name System (DNS) is defined in literally dozens of different RFCs. The terminology used by implementers and developers of DNS protocols, and by…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Updates — RFC 2308: Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
Obsoletes — RFC 7719: DNS Terminology

Incoming relationships (25 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9499: DNS Terminology
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8914: Extended DNS Errors
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8806: Running a Root Server Local to a Resolver
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9156: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9209: The Proxy-Status HTTP Response Header Field
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9103: DNS Zone Transfer over TLS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8909: Registry Data Escrow Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9526: Simple Provisioning of Public Names for Residential Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8932: Recommendations for DNS Privacy Service Operators
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9154: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Secure Authorization Information for Transfer
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9444: Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) for Subdomains
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9498: The GNU Name System
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9460: Service Binding and Parameter Specification via the DNS (SVCB and HTTPS Resource Records)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9463: DHCP and Router Advertisement Options for the Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8765: DNS Push Notifications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8901: Multi-Signer DNSSEC Models
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9471: DNS Glue Requirements in Referral Responses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9076: DNS Privacy Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8767: Serving Stale Data to Improve DNS Resiliency
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8880: Special Use Domain Name 'ipv4only.arpa'
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8952: Captive Portal Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9464: Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) Configuration for Encrypted DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9476: The .alt Special-Use Top-Level Domain
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9361: ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Functional Specifications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9445: RADIUS Extensions for DHCP-Configured Services