Appendix D: DNS and Relevant RFCs

The following RFCs describe the DNS or are relevant to it. The main repository for RFCs is maintained by the IETF and there is now a searchable list.

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RFC 1034	Domain names - concepts and facilities. P.V. Mockapetris. Nov-01-1987. (Format: TXT=129180 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0973, RFC0882, RFC0883) (Updated by RFC1101, RFC1183, RFC1348, RFC1876, RFC1982, RFC2065, RFC2181, RFC2308, RFC2535) (Also STD0013) (Status: STANDARD). Still the classic work on the subject.
RFC 1035	Domain names - implementation and specification. P.V. Mockapetris. Nov-01-1987. (Format: TXT=125626 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0973, RFC0882, RFC0883) (Updated by RFC1101, RFC1183, RFC1348, RFC1876, RFC1982, RFC1995, RFC1996, RFC2065, RFC2181, RFC2136, RFC2137, RFC2308, RFC2535, RFC2845) (Also STD0013) (Status: STANDARD)
RFC 1183	New DNS RR Definitions. C.F. Everhart, L.A. Mamakos, R. Ullmann, P.V. Mockapetris. Oct-01-1990. (Format: TXT=23788 bytes) (Updates RFC1034, RFC1035) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 1591	Domain Name System Structure and Delegation. J. Postel. March 1994. (Format: TXT=16481 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1706	DNS NSAP Resource Records. B. Manning, R. Colella. October 1994. (Format: TXT=19721 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1637) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1794	DNS Support for Load Balancing. T. Brisco. April 1995. (Format: TXT=15494 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1876	A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System. C. Davis, P. Vixie, T. Goodwin, I. Dickinson. January 1996. (Format: TXT=29631 bytes) (Updates RFC1034, RFC1035) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 1886	DNS Extensions to support IP version 6. S. Thomson, C. Huitema. December 1995. (Format: TXT=6424 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3596) (Updated by RFC2874, RFC3152) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 1912	Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors. D. Barr. February 1996. (Format: TXT=38252 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1537) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1995	Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS. M. Ohta. August 1996. (Format: TXT=16810 bytes) (Updates RFC1035) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 1996	A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY). P. Vixie. August 1996. (Format: TXT=15247 bytes) (Updates RFC1035) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2136	Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE). P. Vixie, Ed., S. Thomson, Y. Rekhter, J. Bound. April 1997. (Format: TXT=56354 bytes) (Updates RFC1035) (Updated by RFC3007) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2163	Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping (MCGAM). C. Allocchio. January 1998. (Format: TXT=58789 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1664) (Updated by RFC3597) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2168	Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System. R. Daniel, M. Mealling. June 1997. (Format: TXT=46528 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3401, RFC3402, RFC3403, RFC3404) (Updated by RFC2915) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 2181	Clarifications to the DNS Specification. R. Elz, R. Bush. July 1997. (Format: TXT=36989 bytes) (Updates RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC1123) (Updated by RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2230	Key Exchange Delegation Record for the DNS. R. Atkinson. November 1997. (Format: TXT=25563 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2308	Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE). M. Andrews. March 1998. (Format: TXT=41428 bytes) (Updates RFC1034, RFC1035) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2317	Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation. H. Eidnes, G. de Groot, P. Vixie. March 1998. (Format: TXT=17744 bytes) (Also BCP0020) (Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE)
RFC 2535	Domain Name System Security Extensions. D. Eastlake 3rd. March 1999. (Format: TXT=110958 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2065) (Updates RFC2181, RFC1035, RFC1034) (Updated by RFC2931, RFC3007, RFC3008, RFC3090, RFC3226, RFC3445) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2536	DSA KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS). D. Eastlake 3rd. March 1999. (Format: TXT=11121 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2537	RSA/MD5 KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS). D. Eastlake 3rd. March 1999. (Format: TXT=10810 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3110) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2538	Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS). D. Eastlake 3rd, O. Gudmundsson. March 1999. (Format: TXT=19857 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2539	Storage of Diffie-Hellman Keys in the Domain Name System (DNS). D. Eastlake 3rd. March 1999. (Format: TXT=21049 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2541	DNS Security Operational Considerations. D. Eastlake 3rd. March 1999. (Format: TXT=14498 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2606	Reserved Top Level DNS Names. D. Eastlake 3rd, A. Panitz. June 1999. (Format: TXT=8008 bytes) (Also BCP0032) (Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE)
RFC 2671	Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0). P. Vixie. August 1999. (Format: TXT=15257 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2672	Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection. M. Crawford. August 1999. (Format: TXT=18321 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2673	Binary Labels in the Domain Name System. M. Crawford. August 1999. (Format: TXT=12379 bytes) (Updated by RFC3363, RFC3364) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 2694	DNS extensions to Network Address Translators (DNS_ALG). P. Srisuresh, G. Tsirtsis, P. Akkiraju, A. Heffernan. September 1999. (Format: TXT=67720 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2782	A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV). A. Gulbrandsen, P. Vixie, L. Esibov. February 2000. (Format: TXT=24013 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2052) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2874	DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering. M. Crawford, C. Huitema. July 2000. (Format: TXT=44204 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 2845	Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG). P. Vixie, O. Gudmundsson, D. Eastlake 3rd, B. Wellington. May 2000. (Format: TXT=32272 bytes) (Updates RFC1035) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2915	The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record. M. Mealling, R. Daniel. September 2000. (Format: TXT=41521 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3401, RFC3402, RFC3403, RFC3404) (Updates RFC2168) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2916	E.164 number and DNS. P. Faltstrom. September 2000. (Format: TXT=18159 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3761) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2929	Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations. D. Eastlake 3rd, E. Brunner-Williams, B. Manning. September 2000. (Format: TXT=22454 bytes) (Also BCP0042) (Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE)
RFC 2930	Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR). D. Eastlake 3rd. September 2000. (Format: TXT=34894 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 2931	DNS Request and Transaction Signatures ( SIG(0)s). D. Eastlake 3rd. September 2000. (Format: TXT=19073 bytes) (Updates RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3007	Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic Update. B. Wellington. November 2000. (Format: TXT=18056 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2137) (Updates RFC2535, RFC2136) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3008	Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) Signing Authority. B. Wellington. November 2000. (Format: TXT=13484 bytes) (Updates RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3090	DNS Security Extension Clarification on Zone Status. E. Lewis. March 2001. (Format: TXT=24166 bytes) (Updates RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3110	RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name System (DNS). D. Eastlake 3rd. May 2001. (Format: TXT=14587 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2537) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3123	A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR). P. Koch. June 2001. (Format: TXT=14648 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 3152	Delegation of IP6.ARPA. R. Bush. August 2001. (Format: TXT=5727 bytes) (Updates RFC2874, RFC2772, RFC2766, RFC2553, RFC1886) (Also BCP0049) (Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE)
RFC 3225	Indicating Resolver Support of DNSSEC. D. Conrad. December 2001. (Format: TXT=11548 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3226	DNSSEC and IPv6 A6 aware server/resolver message size requirements. O. Gudmundsson. December 2001. (Format: TXT=12078 bytes) (Updates RFC2535, RFC2874) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3363	Representing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS). R. Bush, A. Durand, B. Fink, O. Gudmundsson, T. Hain. August 2002. (Format: TXT=11055 bytes) (Updates RFC2673, RFC2874) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 3401	Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS. M. Mealling. October 2002. (Format: TXT=10172 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2915, RFC2168) (Updates RFC2276) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 3402	Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Two: The Algorithm. M. Mealling. October 2002. (Format: TXT=38925 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2915, RFC2168) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3403	Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The Domain Name System (DNS) Database. M. Mealling. October 2002. (Format: TXT=31058 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2915, RFC2168) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3404	Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Four: The Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). M. Mealling. October 2002. (Format: TXT=40124 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2915, RFC2168) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3425	Obsoleting IQUERY. D. Lawrence. November 2002. (Format: TXT=8615 bytes) (Updates RFC1035) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3445	Limiting the Scope of the KEY Resource Record (RR). D. Massey, S. Rose. December 2002. (Format: TXT=20947 bytes) (Updates RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3548	The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings. S. Josefsson, Ed.. July 2003. (Format: TXT=26363 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 3596	DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6. S. Thomson, C. Huitema, V. Ksinant, M. Souissi. October 2003. (Format: TXT=14093 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC3152, RFC1886) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)
RFC 3597	Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) Types. A. Gustafsson. September 2003. (Format: TXT=17559 bytes) (Updates RFC2163, RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3655	Redefinition of DNS Authenticated Data (AD) bit. B. Wellington, O. Gudmundsson. November 2003. (Format: TXT=15646 bytes) (Updates RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3658	Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR). O. Gudmundsson. December 2003. (Format: TXT=42120 bytes) (Updates RFC3090, RFC3008, RFC2535, RFC1035) (Updated by RFC3755) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3755	Legacy Resolver Compatibility for Delegation Signer (DS). S. Weiler. May 2004. (Format: TXT=19812 bytes) (Updates RFC3658, RFC2535) (Updated by RFC3757, RFC3845) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3757	Domain Name System KEY (DNSKEY) Resource Record (RR) Secure Entry Point (SEP) Flag. O. Kolkman, J. Schlyter, E. Lewis. May 2004. (Format: TXT=16868 bytes) (Updates RFC3755, RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3761	The E.164 to Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Application (ENUM). P. Faltstrom, M. Mealling. April 2004. (Format: TXT=41559 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2916) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3833	Threat Analysis of the Domain Name System (DNS). D. Atkins, R. Austein. August 2004. (Format: TXT=39303 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 3845	DNS Security (DNSSEC) NextSECure (NSEC) RDATA Format. J. Schlyter, Ed.. August 2004. (Format: TXT=14793 bytes) (Updates RFC3755, RFC2535) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 3958	Domain-Based Application Service Location Using SRV RRs and the Dynamic Delegation Discovery Service (DDDS). L. Daigle, A. Newton. January 2005. (Format: TXT=54568 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4025	A Method for Storing IPsec Keying Material in DNS. M. Richardson. March 2005. (Format: TXT=25408 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4033	DNS Security Introduction and Requirements. R. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose. March 2005. (Format: TXT=52445 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2535, RFC3008, RFC3090, RFC3445, RFC3655, RFC3658, RFC3755, RFC3757, RFC3845) (Updates RFC1034,RFC1035, RFC2136, RFC2181, RFC2308, RFC3225, RFC3007, RFC3597, RFC3226) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4034	Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions. R. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose. March 2005. (Format: TXT=63879 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2535, RFC3008, RFC3090, RFC3445, RFC3655, RFC3658, RFC3755, RFC3757, RFC3845) (Updates RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC2136, RFC2181, RFC2308, RFC3225, RFC3007, RFC3597, RFC3226) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4035	Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions. R. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose. March 2005. (Format: TXT=130589 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2535, RFC3008, RFC3090, RFC3445, RFC3655, RFC3658, RFC3755, RFC3757, RFC3845) (Updates RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC2136, RFC2181, RFC2308, RFC3225, RFC3007, RFC3597, RFC3226) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4255	Using DNS to Securely Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints. J. Schlyter, W. Griffin. January 2006. (Format: TXT=18399 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4310	Domain Name System (DNS) Security Extensions Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP). S. Hollenbeck. December 2005. (Format: TXT=46326 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4343	Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification. D. Eastlake 3rd. January 2006. (Format: TXT=22899 bytes) (Updates RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC2181) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4367	What's in a Name: False Assumptions about DNS Names. J. Rosenberg, Ed., IAB. February 2006. (Format: TXT=41724 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 4398	Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS). S. Josefsson. March 2006. (Format: TXT=35652 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2538) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4408	Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in E-Mail, Version 1. M. Wong, W. Schlitt. April 2006. (Format: TXT=105009 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 4431	The DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (DLV) DNS Resource Record. M. Andrews, S. Weiler. February 2006. (Format: TXT=7861 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 4470	Minimally Covering NSEC Records and DNSSEC On-line Signing. S. Weiler, J. Ihren. April 2006. (Format: TXT=17471 bytes) (Updates RFC4035, RFC4034) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4472	Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS. A. Durand, J. Ihren, P. Savola. April 2006. (Format: TXT=68882 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 4501	Domain Name System Uniform Resource Identifiers. S. Josefsson. May 2006. (Format: TXT=20990 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4592	The Role of Wildcards in the Domain Name System. E. Lewis. July 2006. (Format: TXT=43991 bytes) (Updates RFC1034, RFC2672) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4641	DNSSEC Operational Practices. O. Kolkman, R. Gieben. September 2006. (Format: TXT=79894 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2541) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 4697	Observed DNS Resolution Misbehavior. M. Larson, P. Barber. October 2006. (Format: TXT=45187 bytes) (Also BCP0123) (Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE)
RFC 4701	A DNS Resource Record (RR) for Encoding Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Information (DHCID RR). M. Stapp, T. Lemon, A. Gustafsson. October 2006. (Format: TXT=24570 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4871	DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures. E. Allman, J. Callas, M. Delany, M. Libbey, J. Fenton, M. Thomas. May 2007. (Format: TXT=166054 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC4870) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 4955	DNS Security (DNSSEC) Experiments. D. Blacka. July 2007. (Format: TXT=15417 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC 4956	DNS Security (DNSSEC) Opt-In. R. Arends, M. Kosters, D. Blacka. July 2007. (Format: TXT=32033 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
RFC 4986	Requirements Related to DNS Security (DNSSEC) Trust Anchor Rollover. H. Eland, R. Mundy, S. Crocker, S. Krishnaswamy. August 2007. (Format: TXT=22647 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 5001	DNS Name Server Identifier (NSID) Option. R. Austein. August 2007. (Format: TXT=23754 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 5011	Automated Updates of DNS Security (DNSSEC) Trust Anchors. M. StJohns. September 2007. (Format: TXT=30138 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
RFC 5074	DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (DLV). S. Weiler. November 2007. (Format: TXT=23375 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 5155	DNS Security (DNSSEC) Hashed Authenticated Denial of Existence. B. Laurie, G. Sisson, R. Arends, D. Blacka. March 2008. (Format: TXT=112338 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

Appendix D: DNS and Relevant RFCs

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