RFC 2065: Domain Name System Security Extensions
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2535.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 4033 — DNS Security Introduction and Requirements; RFC 4034 — Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions; RFC 4035 — Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The Domain Name System (DNS) has become a critical operational part of the Internet infrastructure yet it has no strong security mechanisms to assure data integrity or authentication. Extensions to the DNS are described that provide these services to security aware resolvers or applications through the use of cryptographic digital signatures. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC2065
- Published
- January 1997
- Authors
- D. Eastlake 3rd; C. Kaufman
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 41
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 2535
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 13 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 2065 (1997)
- RFC 2535 (1999)
- RFC 3008 (2000)
- RFC 3090 (2001)
- RFC 3445 (2002)
- RFC 3655 (2003)
- RFC 3658 (2003)
- RFC 3755 (2004)
- RFC 3757 (2004)
- RFC 3845 (2004)
- RFC 4033 (2005)
- RFC 4034 (2005)
- RFC 4035 (2005) ✓
Read the full history of Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions →
Referenced by
One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
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