RFC 1712: DNS Encoding of Geographical Location
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document defines the format of a new Resource Record (RR) for the Domain Naming System (DNS), and reserves a corresponding DNS type mnemonic and numerical code. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1712
- Published
- November 1994
- Authors
- C. Farrell; M. Schulze; S. Pleitner; D. Baldoni
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 7
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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