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RFC 2915: The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3401, RFC 3402, RFC 3403, RFC 3404.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 3401 — Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS; RFC 3402 — Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Two: The Algorithm; RFC 3403 — Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The Domain Name System (DNS) Database; RFC 3404 — Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Four: The Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)

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

This document describes a Domain Name System (DNS) resource record which specifies a regular expression based rewrite rule that, when applied to an existing string, will produce a new domain label or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2915
Published
September 2000
Authors
M. Mealling; R. Daniel
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
18
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3401, RFC 3402, RFC 3403, RFC 3404
Updates:
RFC 2168

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 6 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2168 (1997)
  2. RFC 2915 (2000)
  3. RFC 3401 (2002)
  4. RFC 3402 (2002)
  5. RFC 3403 (2002)
  6. RFC 3404 (2002) ✓

Read the full history of Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Four: The Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) →

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