RFC 882: Domain names: Concepts and facilities
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1034, RFC 1035.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 1034 — Domain names - concepts and facilities; RFC 1035 — Domain names - implementation and specification
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC introduces domain style names, their use for ARPA Internet mail and host address support, and the protocol and servers used to implement domain name facilities.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC882
- Published
- November 1983
- Authors
- P. Mockapetris
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 31
- Also known as
- —
- Updated by:
- RFC 973
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 5 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
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3 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
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