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RFC 1816: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2146.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 2146 — U.S. Government Internet Domain Names

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo provides an update and clarification to RFC 1811. This document describes the registration policies for the top-level domain ".GOV". This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1816
Published
August 1995
Authors
Federal Networking Council
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
8
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1811
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2146

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1811 (1995)
  2. RFC 1816 (1995)
  3. RFC 2146 (1997) ✓

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