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RFC 3258: Distributing Authoritative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses

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This memo describes a set of practices intended to enable an authoritative name server operator to provide access to a single named server in multiple locations. The primary motivation for the development and deployment of these practices is to increase the distribution of Domain Name System (DNS) servers to previously under- served areas of the network topology and to reduce the latency for DNS query responses in those areas. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC3258
Published
April 2002
Authors
T. Hardie
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
11
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