RFC 9499: 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 (73 related RFCs)

Showing 50 of 73 related RFCs.

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 2308: Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
Obsoletes, Normative reference — RFC 8499: DNS Terminology
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 4034: Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 4035: Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
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 6891: Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))
Normative reference — RFC 5730: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
Normative reference — RFC 1996: A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY)
Normative reference — RFC 9250: DNS over Dedicated QUIC Connections
Normative reference — RFC 4592: The Role of Wildcards in the Domain Name System
Normative reference — RFC 6781: DNSSEC Operational Practices, Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 882: Domain names: Concepts and facilities
Normative reference — RFC 7344: Automating DNSSEC Delegation Trust Maintenance
Normative reference — RFC 5731: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Domain Name Mapping
Normative reference — RFC 5936: DNS Zone Transfer Protocol (AXFR)
Normative reference — RFC 7719: DNS Terminology
Normative reference — RFC 8310: Usage Profiles for DNS over TLS and DNS over DTLS
Normative reference — RFC 6840: Clarifications and Implementation Notes for DNS Security (DNSSEC)
Normative reference — RFC 2182: Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers
Normative reference — RFC 1912: Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors
Normative reference — RFC 5855: Nameservers for IPv4 and IPv6 Reverse Zones
Normative reference — RFC 9471: DNS Glue Requirements in Referral Responses
Normative reference — RFC 5358: Preventing Use of Recursive Nameservers in Reflector Attacks
Normative reference — RFC 6561: Recommendations for the Remediation of Bots in ISP Networks
Normative reference — RFC 6841: A Framework for DNSSEC Policies and DNSSEC Practice Statements
Informative reference — RFC 5890: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
Informative reference — RFC 20: ASCII format for network interchange
Informative reference — RFC 7858: Specification for DNS over Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Informative reference — RFC 5891: Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA): Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 6335: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry
Informative reference — RFC 8484: DNS Queries over HTTPS (DoH)
Informative reference — RFC 6265: HTTP State Management Mechanism
Informative reference — RFC 6762: Multicast DNS
Informative reference — RFC 952: DoD Internet host table specification
Informative reference — RFC 3493: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 5894: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Background, Explanation, and Rationale
Informative reference — RFC 5892: The Unicode Code Points and Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA)
Informative reference — RFC 5893: Right-to-Left Scripts for Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA)
Informative reference — RFC 3912: WHOIS Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6365: Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF
Informative reference — RFC 6672: DNAME Redirection in the DNS
Informative reference — RFC 7481: Security Services for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informative reference — RFC 1995: Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS
Informative reference — RFC 4786: Operation of Anycast Services

Incoming relationships (23 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9911: Common YANG Data Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9615: Automatic DNSSEC Bootstrapping Using Authenticated Signals from the Zone's Operator
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9715: IP Fragmentation Avoidance in DNS over UDP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9859: Generalized DNS Notifications
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9609: Initializing a DNS Resolver with Priming Queries
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9726: Operational Considerations for Use of DNS in Internet of Things (IoT) Devices
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9905: Deprecating the Use of SHA-1 in DNSSEC Signature Algorithms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10026: Operational Recommendations for DNSSEC Delegation Signer (DS) Automation
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10037: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Extension for DNS Time-to-Live (TTL) Values
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9562: Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9602: Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Segment Identifiers in the IPv6 Addressing Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9567: DNS Error Reporting
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9803: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Mapping for DNS Time-to-Live (TTL) Values
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9849: TLS Encrypted Client Hello
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9872: Recommendations for Discovering IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address Synthesis
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9606: DNS Resolver Information
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9660: The DNS Zone Version (ZONEVERSION) Option
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9704: Establishing Local DNS Authority in Validated Split-Horizon Environments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9824: Compact Denial of Existence in DNSSEC
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9874: Best Practices for Deletion of Domain and Host Objects in the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10001: Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 Environments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10023: The "_for-sale" Underscored and Globally Scoped DNS Node Name
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10029: DNS Multiple QTYPEs