RFC 9156: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes a technique called "QNAME minimisation" to improve DNS privacy, where the DNS resolver no longer always sends the full original QNAME and original QTYPE to the upstream name server. This document obsoletes RFC 7816.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9156
- Published
- November 2021
- Authors
- S. Bortzmeyer; R. Dolmans; P. Hoffman
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- ops
- Pages
- 11
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 7816
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