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RFC 2673: Binary Labels in the Domain Name System

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6891.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 6891 — Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))

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

This document defines a "Bit-String Label" which may appear within domain names. This new label type compactly represents a sequence of "One-Bit Labels" and enables resource records to be stored at any bit- boundary in a binary-named section of the domain name tree. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2673
Published
August 1999
Authors
M. Crawford
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
7
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6891
Updates:
RFC 1035
Updated by:
RFC 3363, RFC 3364

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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 2671 (1999)
  2. RFC 2673 (1999)
  3. RFC 6891 (2013) ✓

Read the full history of Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0)) →

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