RFC 9120: Nameservers for the Address and Routing Parameter Area ("arpa") Domain
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes revisions to operational practices to separate the function of the "arpa" top-level domain in the DNS from its historical operation alongside the DNS root zone.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9120
- Published
- October 2021
- Authors
- K. Davies; J. Arkko
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IAB
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 7
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 3172
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