DNS Terminology

This specification has been revised 2 times since RFC 7719 (2015). Each document below formally obsoleted the one before it; the versions still in force are listed first.

Revision timeline

  1. RFC 7719 (2015)
  2. RFC 8499 (2019)
  3. RFC 9499 (2024)

Current version — implement against this

Superseded versions — historical reference only

This lineage is derived automatically from the “obsoletes” relationships recorded in the public RFC Editor index — no editorial judgement is applied to the ordering. The most recent document in the chain is RFC 9499 (March 2024).