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RFC 6895: Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations

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This document specifies Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) parameter assignment considerations for the allocation of Domain Name System (DNS) resource record types, CLASSes, operation codes, error codes, DNS protocol message header bits, and AFSDB resource record subtypes. It obsoletes RFC 6195 and updates RFCs 1183, 2845, 2930, and 3597.

Document record

Document ID
RFC6895
Published
April 2013
Authors
D. Eastlake 3rd
Status
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
19
Also known as
BCP42
Obsoletes:
RFC 6195
Updates:
RFC 1183, RFC 2845, RFC 2930, RFC 3597

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2929 (2000)
  2. RFC 5395 (2008)
  3. RFC 6195 (2011)
  4. RFC 6895 (2013)

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