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RFC 2308: Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035, RFC 6604, RFC 8020, RFC 8499, RFC 9499, RFC 9520. Read both.

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

RFC1034 provided a description of how to cache negative responses. It however had a fundamental flaw in that it did not allow a name server to hand out those cached responses to other resolvers, thereby greatly reducing the effect of the caching. This document addresses issues raise in the light of experience and replaces RFC1034 Section 4.3.4. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC2308
Published
March 1998
Authors
M. Andrews
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
19
Also known as
—
Updates:
RFC 1034, RFC 1035
Updated by:
RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035, RFC 6604, RFC 8020, RFC 8499, RFC 9499, RFC 9520

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