Domain names - implementation and specification

This specification has been revised 4 times since RFC 882 (1983). Each document below formally obsoleted the one before it; the versions still in force are listed first.

Revision timeline

  1. RFC 882 (1983)
  2. RFC 883 (1983)
  3. RFC 973 (1986)
  4. RFC 1034 (1987)
  5. RFC 1035 (1987)

Current versions — implement against these

Superseded versions — historical reference only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 1035 (November 1987).