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International Role  DNS related RFCs Many of these are also distributed as part of the BIND distribution. RFC 819 The Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications by Z Su and J Postel Documents the original structural ideas of DNS. Aug 1982 RFC 920 Domain Requirements by J Postel and J Reynolds Administrative document about domains. Will become historical shortly. Oct 1984 RFC 974 Mail Routing and the Domain System by Craig Partridge Describes MX record processing. Jan 1986 RFC 1032 Domain Administrator's Guide by M Stahl Explains role of domain administrator. Nov 1987 RFC 1033 -- updated by RFC 1912. Domain Administrators Operations Guide by M Lottor How-to guide, now somewhat out of date. Nov 1987 RFC 1034 -- updated by RFC 1101. Domain Names--Concepts and Facilities by P Mockapetris Reference guide, covers just about everything. Nov 1987 RFC 1035 -- updated by RFC 1706. Domain Names--Implementation and Specification by P Mockapetris Mechanics of the DNS. An HTML version is available. Nov 1987 RFC 1101 -- updates RFC 1034. DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types by P Mockapetris How to add network names and netmasks to the DNS. Apr 1989 RFC 1122 Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers edited by R Braden Not directly related to DNS, but section 4 discusses UDP and TCP issues that have important low-level effects on DNS. Oct 1989 RFC 1123 Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Application and Support edited by R Braden Includes chapter 6, about DNS. Oct 1989 RFC 1178 Choosing a Name for Your Computer by D Libes Good advice to keep in mind when naming computers. Aug 1990 RFC 1183 New DNS RR Definitions by C Everhart, L Mamakos and R Ullmann and edited by P Mockapetris New resource records, not widely used. Oct 1990 RFC 1348 -- updates RFC 1035, obsoleted by RFC 1706. Jul 1992 RFC 1464 Using the Domain Name System To Store Arbitrary String Attributes by R Rosenbaum Using TXT records to store arbitrary strings in the DNS. May 1993 RFC 1480 The US Domain by A Cooper and J Postel Policies and procedures related to the .US top-level domain. Jun 1993 RFC 1535 A Security Problem and Proposed Correction With Widely Deployed DNS Software by E Gavron Highlights subversion possibilities with default resolver search lists. Oct 1993 RFC 1536 Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes by A Kumar, J Postel, C Neuman, P Danzig and S Miller What to fix and how to fix it, for developers. Oct 1993 RFC 1537 -- obsoleted by RFC 1912. Oct 1993 RFC 1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation by J Postel Administrative details about the DNS name space. Mar 1994 RFC 1611 DNS Server MIB Extensions by R Austein and J Saperia Interfacing SNMP to the server side of DNS, waiting to be implemented. May 1994 RFC 1612 DNS Resolver MIB Extensions by R Austein and J Saperia Interfacing SNMP to the client side of DNS, waiting to be implemented. May 1994 RFC 1637 -- obsoletes RFC 1348, obsoleted by RFC 1706. Jun 1994 RFC 1664 Using the Internet DNS to Distribute RFC 1327 Mail Address Mapping Tables by C Allocchio, A Bonito, B Cole, S Giordano and R Hagens Mapping information for converting between X.400 and SMTP addressing into the DNS. Aug 1994 RFC 1706 -- obsoletes RFC 1348 and RFC 1637. DNS NSAP Resource Records by B Manning and R Colella How to add OSI-style NSAPs to the DNS using PTR records. Oct 1994 RFC 1712 -- obsoleted by RFC 1876 DNS Encoding of Geographical Location by C Farrell, M Schulze, S Pleitner and D Baldoni, Paul Vixie wrote: `deprecated and retracted by its authors but the RFC editors accidentally published it anyway'. Nov 1994 RFC 1713 Tools for DNS debugging by A Romao Overview of some DNS tools Nov 1994 RFC 1794 DNS Support for Load Balancing by T Brisco DNS support for balancing loads of many types. Apr 1995 RFC 1876 -- obsoletes RFC 1712 A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System by C Davis, P Vixie, T Goodwin and I Dickinson Geographical location DNS records. Jan 1996 RFC 1884 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture edited by R Hinden and S Deering All about IPv6 addresses. Dec 1995 RFC 1886 DNS Extensions to support IP version 6 by S Thomson and C Huitema Backward-compatible IPv6 DNS extensions, including new AAAA record type and new domain IP6.INT. Dec 1995 RFC 1912 -- obsoletes RFC 1537 Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors by D Barr Errors and common practice in operation of servers and format of data. Feb 1996 RFC 1956 Registration in the MIL Domain by D Engebretson and R Plzak Describes the registration policy of the US Department of Defense domain. Jun 1996 RFC 1982 Serial Number Arithmetic by R Elz and R Bush Defines how serial numbers are compared to determine if a zone has been updated. Aug 1996 RFC 1995 Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS by M Ohta A mechanism for use with NOTIFY which allows transferring only that part of the zone that changed. Aug 1996 RFC 1996 Notify: a mechanism for prompt notification of authority zone changes by P Vixie Describes new NOTIFY opcode for advising slave servers that the master's data has been changed. Aug 1996 RFC 2010 Operational Criteria for Root Name Servers by B Manning and P Vixie Requirements for root name servers. Oct 1996 RFC 2052 A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV) by A Gulbrandsen and P Vixie Generalised MX records for services other than mail. Oct 1996 RFC 2053 The AM (Armenia) Domain by E Der-Danieliantz Procedures for registering in the AM TLD. Oct 1996 RFC 2065 Domain Name System Security Extensions by D Eastlake 3rd and C Kaufman Digital signatures for data integrity and authentication in the DNS. Jan 1997 RFC 2136 Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE) by P Vixie, S Thomson, Y Rekhter and J Bound Mechanics of dynamic updates in DNS. Apr 1997 RFC 2137 Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update by D Eastlake 3rd Mechanics of secure dynamic updates in DNS. Apr 1997 RFC 2146 US Government Internet Domain Names by the Federal Networking Council Describes the registration policy of the US .GOV top-level domain. May 1997 RFC 2181 Clarifications to the DNS Specification by R Elz and R Bush Jul 1997 RFC 2182 Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers by R Elz, R Bush, S Bradner and M Patton Jul 1997 RFC 2219 Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services M Hamilton and R Wright Oct 1997 RFC 2240 A Legal Basis for Domain Name Allocation O Vaughan Nov 1997 |
