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RFC 2010: Operational Criteria for Root Name Servers

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2870.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 7720 — DNS Root Name Service Protocol and Deployment Requirements

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

This document specifies the operational requirements of root name servers, including host hardware capacities, name server software revisions, network connectivity, and physical environment. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Document record

Document ID
RFC2010
Published
October 1996
Authors
B. Manning; P. Vixie
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
7
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2870

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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 2010 (1996)
  2. RFC 2870 (2000)
  3. RFC 7720 (2015) ✓

Read the full history of DNS Root Name Service Protocol and Deployment Requirements →

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