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RFC 7816: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 9156.

Current version: RFC 9156 — DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy

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

This document describes a technique to improve DNS privacy, a technique called "QNAME minimisation", where the DNS resolver no longer sends the full original QNAME to the upstream name server.

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Document ID
RFC7816
Published
March 2016
Authors
S. Bortzmeyer
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
11
Also known as
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 9156

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