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RFC 5782: DNS Blacklists and Whitelists

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The rise of spam and other anti-social behavior on the Internet has led to the creation of shared blacklists and whitelists of IP addresses or domains. The DNS has become the de-facto standard method of distributing these blacklists and whitelists. This memo documents the structure and usage of DNS-based blacklists and whitelists, and the protocol used to query them. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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Document ID
RFC5782
Published
February 2010
Authors
J. Levine
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IRTF
Area
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Pages
11
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