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Here is a list of resources that may be of interest:
Miscellaneous DNS & BIND
Resources
Organizations
Remote Test Sites
Internet Engineering Task Force-related DNS
Information
All IETF RFC's and draft standards can be found at www.ietf.org, a part of
the Internet Engineering Task
Force. Information about the IETF process is available in
RFC
2026 and the The TAO
of IETF (aka RFC 2026)
A backup site for this can be found at FAQS.org
DNS Standards-related Information
IETF - DNS Working Groups
DNS-related Mailing Lists
DNS Standards
- RFC 1033 -
Domain Administrators - Operations Guide (M. Lottor;
1987)
- RFC 1034 - Domain Names -
Concepts and Facilities (P. Mockapetris; 1987)
- RFC 1035 -
Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
(P. Mockapetris; 1987)
- RFC 1101 – DNS
encoding of network names and other types
(P.V. Mockapetris; 1989)
- RFC 1183 – New DNS RR
Specification (C. Everhart, L. Mamakos, R. Ullmann,
P. Mockapetris, Editor; 1990)
- RFC 1383 – An
Experiment in DNS Based IP Routing (C. Huitema;
1992)
- RFC 1535 -
(informational) Security Problem and Correction in
Widely Deployed DNS S/W (E. Gavron; 1993)
-
RFC 1536 -
(informational) Common DNS Implementation Errors and
Suggested Fixes (A. Kumar, J. Postel, C. Neuman,
P. Danzig, S. Miller; 1993)
-
RFC 1706 - DNS NSAP
Resource Records (B. Manning, R. Colella; 1994)
-
RFC 1712 - DNS
Encoding of Geographical Location (C. Farrell, M. Schulze,
S. Pleitner, D. Baldoni; 1994)
-
RFC 1713 - Tools for
DNS debugging (FYI0027) (A. Romao; 1994)
-
RFC 1788 - ICMP
Domain Name Messages (W. Simpson; 1995)
-
RFC 1794 - DNS
Support for Load Balancing (T. Brisco; 1995)
-
RFC 1876 -
(experimental) A Means for Expressing Location
Information in the Domain Name System (C. Davis, P. Vixie,
T. Goodwin, I. Dickinson; 1996)
-
RFC 1886 - DNS
Extensions to support IP version 6(S. Thomson, C. Huitema;
1995)
-
RFC 1912 - Common
DNS Operational and Configuration Errors (D. Barr;
1996)
-
RFC 1982 - Serial
Number Arithmetic (R. Elz, R. Bush; 1996)
-
RFC 1995 -
Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS (M. Ohta; 1996)
- RFC 1996 - A
Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS
NOTIFY) (P. Vixie; 1996)
- RFC 2052 -
(Experimental) SRV Records (A. Gulbrandsen,
P. Vixie; 1996)
-
RFC 2136 - Dynamic
Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE) (P. Vixie
-Editor, S. Thomson, Y. Rekhter, J. Bound; 1997)
-
RFC 2163 - Using the
Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address
Mapping (MCGAM) (C. Allocchio; 1998)
-
RFC 2168 -
(Experimental) Resolution of Uniform Resource
Identifiers using the Domain Name System (R. Daniel,
M. Mealling; 1997)
-
RFC
2181 - Clarifications to the DNS Specification (R. Elz,
R. Bush; 1997)
-
RFC
2182 - Clarifications to the DNS Specification (R. Elz,
R. Bush; 1997)
-
RFC 2230 - Key
Exchange Delegation Record for the DNS (R. Atkinson;
1997)
-
RFC 2308 - Negative
Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE) (M. Andrews;
1998)
-
RFC 2317 - Classless
IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation (H. Eidnes, G. de Groot, P. Vixie;
1998)
- RFC 2535 -
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Extensions (D. Eastlake;
1999)
-
RFC 2536 - DSA KEYs
and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS) (D. EastLake;
1999)
-
RFC 2538 - Storing
Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS) (D. Eastlake,
O. Gudmundsson; 1999)
-
RFC 2539 - Storage
of Diffie-Hellman Keys in the Domain Name System (DNS)
(D. Eastlake; 1999)
-
RFC 2540 - Detached
Domain Name System (DNS) Information
(D. Eastlake; 1999)
-
RFC 2541 - DNS
Security Operational Considerations (D. Eastlake 3rd;
1999)
-
RFC 2671 - Extension
Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0) (P. Vixie; 1999)
-
RFC 2672 -
Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection (M. Crawford; 1999)
-
RFC 2673 - Binary
Labels in the Domain Name System (N. Shen, H. Smit;
2000)
-
RFC 2694 - DNS
extensions to Network Address Translators (DNS_ALG)
(P. Srisuresh, G. Tsirtsis, P. Akkiraju, A. Heffernan;
2000)
-
RFC 2782 - A DNS RR
for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
(A. Gulbrandsen, P. Vixie, L. Esibov; 2000)
-
RFC
2845 - Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS
(TSIG) (P. Vixie, O. Gudmundsson, D. Eastlake 3rd,
B. Wellington; 2000)
-
RFC
2870 - Operational Guidelines for Root Name (DNS) Server
(R. Bush, D. Karrenberg, M. Kosters, R. Plzak; 2000)
-
RFC
2874 - DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and
Renumbering (M. Crawford, C. Huitema; 2000)
-
RFC 2915 - The
Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record
(M. Mealling, R. Daniel; 2000)
-
RFC 2916 - E.164
number and DNS E.164 number and DNS (P. Faltstrom;
2000)
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RFC 2929 - Domain
Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations (BCP0042)
(D. Eastlake 3rd, E. Brunner-Williams, B. Manning; 2000)
-
RFC 2930 - Secret
Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR) (R. Daniel; 2000)
-
RFC 2931 - DNS
Request and Transaction Signatures (SIG(0)s) (D. Eastlake
3rd; 2000)
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RFC 3007 - Secure
Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic Update (B. Wellington;
2000)
-
RFC
3008 - Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) Signing
Authority (B. Wellington; 2000)
-
RFC 3090
- DNS Security Extension Clarification on Zone Status
(E. Lewis; 2001)
- RFC 3110 -
RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name System (DNS)
(D. Eastlake 3rd; 2001)
-
RFC 3123
- A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR)
(P. Koch; 2001)
-
RFC 3225
- Indicating Resolver Support of DNSSEC (D. Conrad;
2001)
-
RFC 3226
- DNSSEC and IPv6 A6 aware server/resolver message size
requirements (O. Gudmundsson; 2001)
-
RFC 3258
- Distributing Authoritative Name Servers via Shared Unicast
Addresses (T. Hardie; 2002)
-
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; 2002)
-
RFC 3401
- Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The
Comprehensive DDDS (M. Mealling; 2002)
-
RFC 3402
- Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Two: The
Algorithm (M. Mealling; 2002)
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RFC 3403
- Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The
Domain Name System (DNS) Database (M. Mealling; 2002)
-
RFC 3404
- Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Part Four:
The Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Resolution
Application (M. Mealling; 2002)
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RFC 3425
- Obsoleting IQUERY
(D. Lawrence; 2002)
-
RFC 3445
- Limiting the Scope of the KEY Resource Record (RR)
(D. Massey, S. Rose; 2002)
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RFC 3597
- Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) Types
(A. Gustafsson; 2003)
-
RFC 3645
- Generic Security Service Algorithm for Secret Key
Transaction Authentication for DNS (GSS-TSIG)
(S. Kwan, P. Garg, J. Gilroy, L. Esibov, J. Westhead, R. Hall;
2003)
-
RFC 3655
- Redefinition of DNS Authenticated Data (AD) bit
(B. Wellington, O. Gudmundsson; 2003)
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RFC 3658
- Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR)
(O. Gudmundsson; 2003)
-
RFC 3755
- Legacy Resolver Compatibility for Delegation Signer (DS)
(S. Weiler; 2004)
-
RFC 3757
- Domain Name System KEY (DNSKEY) Resource Record (RR) Secure
Entry Point (SEP) Flag (O. Kolkman, J. Schlyter,
E. Lewis; 2004)
Internet Drafts (not yet standards)
The entire list of current drafts can also be found at the ietf.org
within the internet-drafts directory
-
DNS Extensions Working Group
- Requirements
related to DNSSEC Signed Proof of Non-Existence
(B. Laurie, R. Loomis;2004)
- An
In-Band Rollover Mechanism and an Out-Of-Band Priming
Method for DNSSEC Trust Anchors. (J. Ihren, et al.;
2004)
- Linklocal
Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) (L. Esibov, et al.;
2004)
- TKEY
Secret Key Renewal Mode (Y. Kamite, M. Nakayama; 2004)
- Design
Choices When Expanding DNS (P. Faltstrom,
R. Austein; 2004)
- Resource
Records for DNS Security Extensions (R. Arends et al.;
2004)
- Protocol
Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions (R. Arends
et al.; 2004)
- DNS
Security Introduction and Requirements (R. Arends, et
al.; 2004)
- Clarifying
the Role of Wild Card Domains in the Domain Name System
(E. Lewis; 2004)
- RFC
3267 Interoperability Report (J. Schlyter; 2004)
- HMAC
SHA TSIG Algorithm Identifiers (D. Eastlake 3rd; 2004)
- Elliptic
Curve KEYs in the DNS (R. Schroeppel, D. Eastlake; 2004)
- DSA
Keying and Signature Information in the DNS (D. Eastlake, 2004)
- Storage
of Diffie-Hellman Keys in the Domain Name System (DNS) (D. Eastlake, 2004)
-
DNS RR for encoding DHCP information (DHCID RR)
(M. Stapp, et al.; 2004)
- Domain
Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification
(D. Eastlake; 2004)
- DNSSEC
NSEC RDATA Format (J. Schlyter, 2004)
- Automated
Updates of DNSSEC Trust Anchors (M. StJohns, 2004)
-
Threat Analysis Of The Domain Name System
(D. Atkins, R. Austein; 2004), and a page showing the
differences
between version -06 and -07
- Domain
Name Auto-Registration for Plugged-in IPv6 Nodes
(H. Kitamura; 2003)
- Using
DNSSEC-secured NOTIFY to Trigger Parent Zone Updating
(M. StJohns; 2003)
- IPv6
Extensions for DNS Plug and Play (S. Park,
S. Madanapalli; 2003)
- DNS
Extensions to support IP version 6 (S. Thomson,
C. Huitema et al.; 2003)
- GSS
Algorithm for TSIG (GSS-TSIG) (S. Kwan, P. Garg,
J. Gilroy, L. Esibov, J. Westhead, R. Hall; 2003)
- DNSSec
Opt In (R. Arends, M. Kosters, D. Blacka; 2003) - This
draft is likely moving to INFORMATIONAL,
rather than standards track.
- DNS
Resolution of Networks and Gateways (E. Warnicke; 2003)
- DNS
Configuration options for DHCPv6 (R. Droms (ed.); 2003)
- DNS
Security Document Roadmap
(S. Rose; 2003)
- Requirements
for Access Control in Domain Name Systems
(T. Baba; 2003)
- The
DISCOVER opcode (B. Manning, P. Vixie, E. Guttman; 2003)
- Domain
Name Auto-Registration for Plugged-in IPv6 Nodes
(H. Kitamura; 2002)
- DNS
Zone Transfer Protocol Clarifications (A. Gustafsson;
2002)
- DNSSEC
Wildcard optimization (O. Kolkman et al.; 2002)
- Identifying
an Authoritative Name Server (D. Conrad; 2002)
-
DNS Operations WG
-
Other Drafts
Related Standards
-
RFC 1123 -
Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Application and Support (R. Braden, 1989)
-
RFC 1321 - The MD5
Message-Digest Algorithm (R. Rivest; 1992)
- RFC 1480 - The US
Domain (J. Postel; 1993)
-
RFC 1519 - Classless
Inter-Domain Routing (V. Fuller, T. Li, J. Yu, K. Varadhan; 1993)
-
1591 - Domain Name System
Structure and Delegation (J. Postel; 1994)
-
RFC 1750 - Randomness Recommendations
for Security (D. Eastlake 3rd, S. Crocker, J. Schiller; 1994)
-
RFC
1860 - Variable Length Subnet Table For IPv4
(T. Pummill, B. Manning; 1995)
-
RFC 1918 - BCP0005
- Private Network Numbers (Y. Rekhter, B. Moskowitz, D. Karrenberg,
G. J. de Groot, E. Lear;1996)
-
RFC 2026 - The
Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3 (S. Bradner; 1996)
-
RFC 2104 -
HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
(H. Krawczyk, M. Bellare, R. Canetti; 1997)
-
RFC 2119 - Key
words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels (S. Bradner; 1997)
-
RFC 2620 - Reserved Top
Level DNS Names (D. Eastlake, A. Panitz; 1999)
Historical Standards
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